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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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proverbiosIf envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian 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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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Go to your duty, every man, and trust yourself to Christ; for He will give you all supply just as fast as you need it. You will have just as much power as you believe you can have. Be a Christian; throw yourself upon God's work; and get the ability you want in it. ~Horace Bushnell
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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