Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness. ~Mark E. Petersen
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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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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental 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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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
#proverbs #thinking #speaking

We are the captains of our own ships sailing the sea of life, but in times of a stormy weather, you will discover true friends when they don’t hesitate to be a lighthouse. ~Dodinsky
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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