Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known. ~Bryan Lee O'Malley
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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It blows a snowing gale in the winter of the year; The boats are on the sea and the crews are on the pier. The needle of the vane, it is veering to and fro. A flash of sun is on the veering of the vane. Autumn leaves and rain. The passion of the gale. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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My real heroes have always been sports-writers. ~Dan Jenkins
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
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It is astonishing how little one feels alone when one loves. ~John Bulwer
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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We are to love God for Himself, because of a twofold reason; nothing is more reasonable, nothing more profitable. ~Bernard of Clairvaux
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