Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~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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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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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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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. ~Mel Brooks
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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You should always do the things in life that are both interesting and make you afraid. ~Viggo Mortensen
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen 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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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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