A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese 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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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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In truth, one cannot, it seems, oppose mechanism and finalism, one cannot oppose mechanism and anthropomorphism, for if the functioning of a machine is explained by relations of pure causality, the construction of a machine can be understood neither without purpose nor without man. A machine is made by man and for man, with a view toward certain ends to be obtained, in the form of effects to be produced, a mechanical model of any phenomena is explanatory only so long as we take machines as already granted. ~Georges Canguilhem
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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