I have noticed that people tend to stop maturing when they start self-medicating. Everyone has very tough seasons of life, but by persevering through them we have an opportunity to mature and grow as people. Those who self-medicate, often thwart maturity as they escape the tough seasons of life rather than face them. ~Mark Driscoll
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life. ~Alan Ball
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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All human joys are swift of wing. For heaven doth so allot it. That when you get an easy thing, you find you haven't got it ~Eugene Field
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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