No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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