No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosIt is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese 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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Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. ~Benjamin Franklin
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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I have no pity! I have no pity! The more worms writhe, the more I yearn to crush out their entrails! It is a moral teething, and I grind with greater energy, in proportion to the increase of pain. ~Emily Bronte
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~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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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are serious about American culture and you are serious about Afro-American culture, you are in a lot of pain. You are not; you are not smiling about it. ~Wynton Marsalis
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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