To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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I have learned the novice can often see things that the expert overlooks. All that is necessary is not to be afraid of making mistakes, or of appearing naive. ~Abraham Maslow
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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Brancusi made me realise that what I had learned previously, the quick ways of doing things, was all wrong. It is a search you have to enter, into yourself. ~Isamu Noguchi
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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These days I seem to think about the things I forgot to do for you and all the times I had a chance to. ~Jackson Browne
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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