Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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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 that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. ~John Locke
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Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. ~Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting. ~Linda Ronstadt
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People believe that if you can shut your Tourette's off for a period of time, then you can always shut it off. I try to explain to people that if I spent my whole life trying to control my tics, that's all I would have time for. ~Dash Mihok
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese 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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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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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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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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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Irony: While we increasingly hold people more responsible if they drink and drive, we hold women less responsible if they drink and have sex. ~Warren Farrell
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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