Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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To laugh is to risk appearing a fool. To weep is to risk appearing sentimental. To reach out to another is to risk involvement. To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self. To place your ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss. To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure. But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. ~William Arthur Ward
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Health care is not about insurance! Health care is about getting treatment. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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