Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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Let me think about the people I care about... ~Ze Frank
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of finding something to talk about. ~Bob Colacello
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable. ~Robert Smith
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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And by the way, showers. Look into them, Doug! ~Rachel Caine
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