Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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