That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying. Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help ~Donald Miller
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Let us help build the kingdom of God by standing up boldly and being defenders of marriage, parenthood, and the home. ~Bonnie L. Oscarson
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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When I am in situations where I break out of the pattern, it's hard on me. Once you get used to regular scripture study, you miss it if you don't have it. It's like food; you have to have it. I know that I need the scriptures like I need food. I don't miss a regular meal, and I don't miss regular scripture study. ~Henry B. Eyring
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese Proverb
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me. ~Grandma Moses
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Renewable energy is proven technology, the price is dropping, the rest of the world is going that way, that's where our investment should be going as well. ~Bob Brown
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Help your brother’s boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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