One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is only by risking our persons from one hour to another that we live at all. And often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true. ~William James
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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In running, it doesn't matter how fast or slow you are relative to anyone else. You set your own pace and you measure your own progress. You can't lose this race because you're not running against anyone else. You're only running against yourself, and as long as you are running, you are winning. ~Amby Burfoot
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to the good of the people as a whole. ~Arthur Capper
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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