If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ~Michael Arad
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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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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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish 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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As far as I'm concerned, I did'nt dream; ever. ~Theodore Sturgeon
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I have a natural curiosity for people. ~Nicholas Haslam
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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You must remember the value that you add to others and not just what others have added to you. That's how we build self-worth, which, in my opinion, is just as important as net worth. ~Suze Orman
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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How we shape our understanding of others' lives is determined by what we find memorable in them, and that in turn is determined not by any potentially accurate overview of another's personality but rather by the tension and balance that exist in our daily relationships. ~Tom Robbins
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