Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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