If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints. ~Charles Caleb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have no problem correcting our minor flaws, they let the big ones slide, because it would mean attacking who we are. ~Neil Strauss
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Human beings are a wonderful virus in some ways. ~Ansel Elgort
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The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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