Even if you're not going anywhere, do not get in the way. ~Jose Bergamin
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Have you forgotten God? Even if you have, He has not forgotten you. ~Moses
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Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. ~James Madison
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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