To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen 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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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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