A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French 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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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan 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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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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I 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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quotistInnovating 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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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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