Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are too busy to laugh, you are too busy. ~Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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The sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal. ~C. S. Lewis
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If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever met. You have to laugh. Admit that you're funny. Otherwise, you die in solemnity. ~Maya Angelou
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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