The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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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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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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