Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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In his eyes shone the reflection of the most beautiful planet in the Universe; a planet that is not too hot and not too cold; that has liquid water on the surface and where the gravity is just right for human beings and the atmosphere is perfect for them to breathe; where there are mountains and deserts and oceans and islands and forests and trees and birds and plants and animals and insects and people; lots and lots of people. Where there is life. Some of it, possibly, intelligent. ~Stephen Hawking
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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For me, I've always wanted to do theater, so I gravitate toward it. ~Justin Bartha
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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