'You never soar so high as when you stoop down to help a child or an animal.'
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People come to poverty in two ways accumulating debts and paying them off.
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A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
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As you teach, you learn.
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Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
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With money in your pocket you are wise, you are handsome, and you sing well too.
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He who puts up with insult invites injury.
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The innkeeper loves a drunkard, but not for a son-in-law.
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If you can't go over, you must go under.
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A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
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Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either.
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If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
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If charity cost nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists.
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Worries go down better with soup than without.
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Life is the biggest bargain. We get it for nothing.
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You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
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Don't open a shop unless you know how to smile.
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out.
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As he thinks in his heart, so he is.
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First mend yourself, and then mend others.
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Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
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He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see the good.
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Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he created mothers.
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Ask about your neighbors, then buy the house.
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A mother understands what a child does not say.
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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.
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If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.
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If the rich could hire someone else to die for them, the poor would make a wonderful living.
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Just as courage imperils life, fear protects it.
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