A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Lead me, Zeus, and you, Fate, wherever you have assigned me. I shall follow without hesitation; but even if I am disobedient and do not wish to, I shall follow no less surely. ~Cleanthes
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he had'nt expected it to taste so awful; the second, I think, because he'd thought surely the first must have been a mistake. ~Karen Marie Moning
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work. ~Hanneli Mustaparta
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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