A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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proverbiosYou have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~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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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Behind every beautiful thing, there's some kind of pain. ~Bob Dylan
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quotistI shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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