A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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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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Hollywood has definitely grown, in embracing the inclusion of Latinos in the world, because, for some time, we didn't exist. We were not part of any stories. ~Salma Hayek
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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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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen 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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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be. ~Joe Sakic
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese 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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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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