A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese 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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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down. ~Natalia Vodianova
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We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. ~Dick Cheney
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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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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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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