That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun. ~Hafez
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Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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