"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

Aristotle on love
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"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."

Angelou, Maya on defeat
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"While a person gets they can never lose."

Proverb, Scottish on work   

"Where vice is vengeance follows."

Proverb, Scottish on vengeance   

"It's sin and not poverty that makes men miserable."

Proverb, Scottish on sin
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"Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion."

Proverb, Scottish on rebellion   

"Money is flat and meant to be piled up."

Proverb, Scottish on money   

"We'll never know the worth of water till the well go dry."

Proverb, Scottish on worth
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"A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world."

Buscaglia, Leo on friends and friendship
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"Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth."

Proverb, Portuguese on secrets
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"An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late."

Proverb, Portuguese on borrowing   

"Change yourself, change your fortunes."

Proverb, Portuguese on change
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"God gave burdens, also shoulders."

Proverb, Yiddish on burdens
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"A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity."

Proverb, Yiddish on curiosity
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"A nation's treasure is its scholars."

Proverb, Yiddish on wisdom
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"If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can."

Proverb, Yiddish on power
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"A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny."

Proverb, Yiddish on wealth
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"A half truth is a whole lie."

Proverb, Yiddish on truth
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"You cannot hold your head high with your hand out."

Proverb, Yiddish on pride   

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

Proverb, Chinese on decisions
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"If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me."

Proverb, Chinese on fools and foolishness
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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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"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without one."

Proverb, Chinese on faults
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"Govern a family as you would cook a small fish -- very gently."

Proverb, Chinese on family
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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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"The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain."

Proverb, Chinese on age and aging
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"If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed."

Proverb, Chinese on direction
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"I dreamed a thousand new paths. I woke and walked my old one."

Proverb, Chinese on dream
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"Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald."

Proverb, Chinese on experience
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"Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you."

Proverb, African on conceit   

"When deeds speak, words are nothing."

Proverb, African on action
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"A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything"

Proverb, African on wisdom
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"Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him."

Proverb, African on character   

"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you."

Proverb, African on enemies
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"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."

Proverb, African on perseverance
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"Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter."

Proverb, African on history and historians
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"Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet."

Proverb, African on fools and foolishness
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"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped."

Proverb, African on failure
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"Every guest hates the others, and the host hates them all."

Proverb, Albanian on guests
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"The wise make proverbs, and fools repeat them."

Disraeli, Isaac on fools and foolishness