The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult. ~Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money. ~Imogen Cunningham
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't know if people realize how hard I work, because sometimes people ask me for my secret. The truth is that I don't have any secrets apart from the fact that I've been directing theater and film for twenty years and trying at every stage to make my work better. ~Lucy Walker
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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