The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl. ~Emily Mortimer
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. ~William Shatner
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