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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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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All that is necessary, as it seems to me, to convince any reasonable person that the Bible is simply and purely of human invention; of barbarian invention; is to read it. Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of any other; get the bandage of reverence from your eyes; drive from your heart the phantom of fear; push from the throne of your brain the cowled form of superstition; then read the Holy Bible, and you will be amazed that you ever, for one moment, supposed a being of infinite wisdom, goodness and purity, to be the author of such ignorance and of such atrocity. ~Robert Green Ingersoll
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese 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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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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