Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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I didn't want to be anyone else. ~Gordon Waller
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen 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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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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The representational-image urge is actually a kind of heightened perception, and I don't stop to think. I don't freeze up, it's actually a kind of letting-go. It's like dancing. At a certain point it's conscious, unconscious, everything is kind of coming together. ~Michael Light
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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