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A life without love is like a year without summer.
Swedish saying

May your home be filled with laughter; may your pockets be filled with gold.
Irish blessing

May those that love us, love us;
and those that don't love us, may God turn their hearts;
if he can't turn the hearts, may he turn their ankles so we'll know them by their limping.
Irish curse

May God grant you always...
A sunbeam to warm you
A moonbeam to charm you
A sheltering angel
So nothing can harm you.
Irish prayer

Every person is a fool in somebody's opinion.
Spanish proverb

The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
Chinese proverb

The person who says it can't be done should not interrupt the person doing it.
Chinese proverb

Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Malayan proverb

May you have the hindsight to know where you have been
The foresight to know where you are going,
And the insight to know when you have gone too far.
Irish blessing

May your neighbor respect you,
Trouble neglect you,
The angels protect you,
And heaven accept you.
Irish blessing

Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.
French proverb

The reverse side also has a reverse side.
Japanese proverb

Do not fear going forward slowly; fear only standing still.
Chinese proverb

Speaking without thinking is like shooting without aiming.
French proverb

Do not spit into the well you may have to drink out of.
French proverb

The best way to find happiness is not to search for it.
Jewish proverb

You're not as young as you used to be. But you're not as old as you're going to be.
Irish toast

For the unlearned, old age is winter. For the learned, it is the season of harvest.
Hasidic saying

As you go the way of life you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think.
Native American proverb

Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Japanese proverb

One moment of patience may ward off a great disaster; one moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.
Chinese proverb

A little spark kindles a great fire.
Spanish proverb

If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.
Italian proverb

All things at first appear difficult.
Chinese proverb

Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
English proverb

A clear conscience sleeps during thunder.
Jamaican proverb

Talking is not doing.
Lebanese proverb

Whoever cares to learn will always find a teacher.
German proverb

Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods.
Japanese proverb

It takes all sorts to make a world.
English proverb

Parents are the first teachers of the children.
Burmese proverb

You never plough a field by turning it over in your mind.
Irish proverb

Women hold up half the sky.
Chinese proverb

When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
Chinese proverb

If you always give, you will always have.
Chinese proverb

We are all wanderers on this earth. Our hearts are full of wonder, and our souls are deep with dreams.
Gypsy proverb

The heart that loves is always young.
Greek proverb

Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
African proverb

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
Jewish proverb

Unshared joy is an unlighted candle.
Spanish proverb

No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place.
Zen saying

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