He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts. ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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