Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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Most people have a blank slate and can start from nothing. But for me, I had to break a bad habit that I've been doing all of my life, which is freestyle hip-hop. ~Roshon Fegan
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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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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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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I am "too fiery," yet I wish to be seen as I am and I would lose all rather than soften away anything. ~Margaret Fuller
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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