If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can almost believe what you know is not true when you really have to. ~Carol Plum Ucci
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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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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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