A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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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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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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