A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Sure it's a big job, but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can. ~John F. Kennedy
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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I look at couples in the street who are in their sixties and have been together for 40 years, and they're my idols. That's Ice and me for sure. ~Coco Austin
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek 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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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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