Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Praise the young and they will blossom. ~Irish Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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