Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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Prayer may not change things for you, but it for sure changes you for things. ~Sam Shoemaker
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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Well, it's always nice to know the fans didn't forget what you did when you played in the NHL. ~Guy Lafleur
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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James Bond is quite serious about his drinks and clothing and cigarettes and food and all that sort of thing. There is nothing wry or amused about James Bond. ~Ken Follett
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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