Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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I live in the moment. ~Amy Sedaris
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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My hope is that I can somehow raise the level of consciousness about world events. ~Lisa Ling
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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