The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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There will be many times in your lives; at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up; when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed. ~Julie Andrews
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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I love zoo sanctuaries. ~Nancy Travis
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I held hands with her all the time; that doesn't sound like much, I realize, but she was terrific to hold hands with. Most girls if you hold hands with them, their goddam hand dies on you, or else they think they have to keep moving their hand all the time, as if they were afraid they'd bore you or something. Jane was different. We'd get into a goddam movie or something, and right away we'd start holding hands, and we wouldn't quit till the movie was over. And without changing the position or making a big deal out of it. You never even worried, with Jane, whether your hand was sweaty or not. All you knew was, you were happy. You really were. ~J. D. Salinger
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #loss

If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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