What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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We like to think that our parents made a decision to bring us into the world. ~Christopher Eccleston
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player? ~Anna Kournikova
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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