Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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