A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese 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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You can't, Brooke, you can't leave. You're mine. ~Katy Evans
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch 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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