Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am a sensitive, sensitive person. Overly sensitive. Extremely emotional. ~Mary Lambert
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The struggle to maintain peace is immeasurably more difficult than any military operation. ~Anne O'Hare McCormick
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
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Good news always comes from far away. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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