"What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul."

Proverb, Jewish on tears
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"A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials."

Proverb, Chinese on adversity
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"I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet."

Proverb, Jewish on complaints and complaining
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"Locks keep out only the honest."

Proverb, Jewish on crime and criminals   

"Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side."

Proverb, Jewish on fools and foolishness
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"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear."

Bible on love
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"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

Proverb, Chinese on faults
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"If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice."

Proverb, Chinese on advice
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"A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion."

Proverb, Chinese on decisions
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"Those who do not study are only cattle dressed up in men's clothes."

Proverb, Chinese on studying
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"I found Rome brick, I left it marble."

Augustus, Caesar on life
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"Look twice before you leap."

Bronte, Charlotte on caution
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"A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal."

Proverb, American on liberals   

"Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down."

Proverb, Chinese on simplicity
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"There are three kinds of people; those that make things happen, those that watch things happen and those who don't know what's happening."

Proverb, American on people
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"Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition."

Proverb, American on praise   

"Cut your losses and let your profits run."

Proverb, American on business   

"After all is said and done, more is said than done."

Proverb, American on action
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"When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people."

Proverb, Chinese on planning
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"One step at a time is good walking."

Proverb, Chinese on planning
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"Always count the cost."

Proverb, American on caution   

"One never needs their humor as much as when they argue with a fool."

Proverb, Chinese on humor
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"He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever."

Proverb, Chinese on fools and foolishness
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"Everyone pushes a falling fence."

Proverb, Chinese on failure
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"Of all the thirty-six alternatives, running away is best."

Proverb, Chinese on caution
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"There is nothing so annoying as a good example!!"

Twain, Mark on example
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"Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please."

Twain, Mark on facts
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"We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly."

Twain, Mark on family
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"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Twain, Mark on fools and foolishness
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"Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it"

Twain, Mark on forgiveness
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"It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either."

Twain, Mark on freedom
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"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. The conviction of the rich that the poor are happier is no more foolish than the conviction of the poor that the rich are."

Twain, Mark on friends and friendship
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"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot."

Twain, Mark on fiction
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"It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old."

Twain, Mark on rules
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