A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. ~Mary Lambert
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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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 sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Courtesy does not exclude courage. ~Spanish Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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Trust in God, but tie your camel. ~Arabic Proverb
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