Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. ~Ellen Page
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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I note that some whom I greatly love and esteem, who are, in my judgment, among the very choicest of God's people, nevertheless, travel most of the way to heaven by night. ~Charles Spurgeon
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Most people judge men by their success or their good fortune. ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. ~George Herbert
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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If I was to say what I am, I'd be a Labour man. I like Tony Blair a lot, I think he's a good man. And in America I'd definitely be a Democrat; I'd never be a Republican. ~Elton John
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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