A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The apparent world, the one which is perceived, with its figures, its brightness, its colors, is a psychical product, a creation of the observer. The figures seen on the vault of heaven are neither the celestial bodies, nor the true clouds or the falling stars, but are only effigies which the observer's psyche has created and localized how and where it can. ~Vasco Ronchi
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless, that it doesn't have any resolution, that this heart is huge, vast, and limitless. You begin to discover how much warmth and gentleness is there, as well as how much space. ~Pema Chodron
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness. ~Robert Smithson
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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A guy who is crazily, madly in love with you. A guy who sees how incredible and amazing you are, even though you're not the cheerleader or even close to the prettiest girl in the school. A guy who thinks you're beautiful, just the way you are. ~Candace Bushnell
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Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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