As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
#quotes #gautama-buddha #buddhist

When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
#quotes #ouida #family #hardship

What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
#quotes #elisabeth-elliot #marriage

No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #nature

A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
#proverbs #japanese-proverbs #perseverance

I love America and I hate it. I'm torn between the two. I have two conflicting visions of America. One is a kind of dream landscape and the other is a kind of black comedy. ~Bono
#quotes #bono #united-states

We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #fear

I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #siblings