A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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Just as the Atman (Soul) is the reality underlying the conscious powers of an individual, so the Supreme Soul (God) is the eternal quiet underneath the drive and activity of the universe. ~Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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If you can compete, you are going to compete. ~Earl Lloyd
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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