The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need. ~Gaston Bachelard
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All things grow with time, except grief. ~Yiddish Proverb
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