I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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If we have any hope of finding ways for seven billion people to live well on planet with finite resources, we have to learn to use our resources efficiently. Plastic bags are neither efficient nor environmentally friendly. ~David Suzuki
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow. ~Frank Dane
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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