The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Whatever you choose you will repent because the other will remain and haunt you. If one needs absolute freedom then choiceless awareness is the only thing. ~Rajneesh
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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I have the courage of my convictions. ~Brigitte Bardot
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In time of test, family is best. ~Burmese Proverb
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The closer you can get to being personal, the better the work is, or the more interesting the work is. ~James Gray
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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