We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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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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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we simply have not entered fully into the good news that Jesus brought. ~Dallas Willard
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen 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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