What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Reality is not meant to be only creedal, though the creeds are important. Reality is to be experienced, and experienced on the basis of a restored relationship with God through that finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. ~Francis Schaeffer
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I see it as my duty in some way is to be out in the world as an Australian putting forward what I consider to be authentic Australian music. ~Nick Cave
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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A promise is a debt. ~Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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