proverbiosLook down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every parent has gone through a period when their child was not so happy with them. ~Elizabeth Edwards
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quotistChildren suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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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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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Not only had my brother disappeared, but, and bear with me here, a part of my very being had gone with him. Stories about us could, from them on, be told from only one perspective. Memories could be told but not shared. ~John Corey Whaley
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