A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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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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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it. ~Frederick Lenz
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Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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