I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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When the legs go, the heart soon follows ~John Wooden
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. ~Neil LaBute
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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