One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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Africa is our center of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. ~John Henrik Clarke
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish 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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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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I want to take back at least half of the "I love you"s, because I didn't mean them as much as the other ones. ~David Levithan
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American 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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