That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Whose diggeth a pit shall fall therein. ~Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow. ~Anita Desai
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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I hate to lose, and I do whatever I can to win, and if it is ugly, it is ugly. ~Pete Sampras
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American 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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When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school. ~Valentino Garavani
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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