One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. ~Theodore Roosevelt
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest, I will say the greatest. ~William Friedkin
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But I also know that to ignore joy while it lasts, in favor of lamenting one's fate, is a great crime. ~Nancy Farmer
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm used to explaining to people why my jokes were funny. ~Gilbert Gottfried
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If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position, to make all the difference in the world. ~James Redfield
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese 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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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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There are no limits, only obstacles, and any obstacle can be overcome. ~David Belle
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