The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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We can increase the frequency of guiding coincidences by uplifting every person that comes into our lives. Care must be taken not to lose our inner connection in romantic relationships. ~James Redfield
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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