I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to. ~Charlize Theron
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best. ~Latin Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good or ill. ~S.M. Stirling
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
#quotes #matthew-henry #human

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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