It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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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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Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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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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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Bambi, to a kid, was scary. ~Billy Crystal
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