A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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Faith itself cannot accomplish anything, yet without faith, no one can fly. ~Charles R. Swindoll
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The healing of ourselves as healers has to take place first. Bringing ourselves to wholeness, we become more sensitive to other people. In the change of consciousness that happens within us, we bring about change of consciousness in those around us and in the planet itself. ~Marion Woodman
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen 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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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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My dad says that when I was two or three I used to go out dressed as a different character every day. I remember thinking it was perfectly normal to wear different coloured shoes and carry a pink umbrella. But now I've got a goddaughter of that age; I realise it's not normal at all. ~Alice Eve
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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