Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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When we accept small wonders, we qualify ourselves to imagine great wonders. ~Tom Robbins
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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The family is the first economy. If the family breaks down, well, government gets bigger because of the consequences of family breakdown. We see in the neighborhoods where there are no marriages and there are no two-parent families. ~Rick Santorum
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Most Fortune 500 companies began as small start-ups whose entrepreneurial founders slowly developed the infrastructure, hired the staff, sourced manufacturers or built their own factory, and created distribution, sales, and marketing plans. ~Lynda Resnick
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish 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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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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