Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash. ~Amelia Earhart
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~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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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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When one has not father, or mother, or brother, and all one's friends have barely bread enough for themselves, life cannot be very easy, nor its crusts very many at any time. ~Ouida
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I don't ever want to be comfortable with anything I'm doing. ~Ron Perlman
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The harm that theology has done is not to create cruel impulses, but to give them the sanction of what professes to be lofty ethic, and to confer an apparently sacred character upon practices which have come down from more ignorant and barbarous times. ~Bertrand Russell
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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