Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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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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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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The greatest love is a mother's; then a dog's; then a sweetheart's. ~Polish Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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I think when it comes to botox and surgery, actresses should do it or not do it, but be honest about their choices. ~Debra Winger
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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