If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story. ~Ian Somerhalder
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power. ~Billy Sunday
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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