Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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