A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Laughter is the best medicine. ~Modern Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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In a large mass of muscle deprived of its circulation, the rate at which the recovery process can go on, after severe stimulation, depends on the rate at which oxygen can reach the fibres by diffusion. ~Archibald Hill
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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I think I'm doing some good. Obviously, I don't need any more money. ~Joe Jamail
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I want you to really be able to grasp the wonder of it, the marvel of it, the size of it and really be able to get a good conception of its magnificence and it tremendous colossal gigantic stupendous size and beauty and splendour! ~David Berg
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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"Perfect justice rules the world" for the Powers that are superior to us know the whole life of the Soul and all its' former lives. ~Iamblichus
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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