Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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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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I think everyone is ticklish. You just gotta find the right spots. ~Derek Jeter
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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But I think we need to remember that democracy everywhere is by its nature incomplete, a work in progress. ~Daisaku Ikeda
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From a director's point of view, if I can create different characters which impress the audience, that is fantastic for me. ~Stephen Chow
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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