Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A scholar's heart is a dark well in which are buried many aborted feelings that rise to the surface as arguments. ~Natalie Clifford Barney
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
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