A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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