No ego, no pain. ~Zen 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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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese 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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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish 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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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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In our changing world nothing changes more than geography. ~Pearl S. Buck
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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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