Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish 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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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sorrow is brief but joy is endless ~Friedrich Schiller
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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It had run as a column; I had worked at the paper since 1976, but the column had been running for 13 years, and I think it was a strong column, criticizing the war when the paper was supporting it. ~Robert Scheer
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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