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"Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come."

— Chinese Proverb,

Chinese Proverb

"The bird sings not because it has an answer but because it has a song."

— Chinese Proverb,

Chinese Proverb

"Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"

— Proverbs 5:18-20,

Proverbs 5:18-20

"Don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork."

— English proverb,

English proverb

"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."

— Arabian Proverb,

Arabian Proverb

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next time is now."

— Chinese proverb,

Chinese proverb

"One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind."

— Malayan proverb,

Malayan Proverb

"God gives the nuts, but He doesn’t crack them."

— German proverb,

"Flowers leave some of their fragrance in the hand that bestows them."

— Chinese Proverb,

Chinese Proverb

"Say YES when nobody asked."

— Lao proverb,

"A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience."

— Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish playwright, died April 23, 1616

Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish playwright, died April 23, 1616

"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

— African proverb,

African proverb

"Where there is veneration, even a dog's tooth emits light."

— Tibetan proverb,

Tibetan proverb

"Fall seven times. Stand up eight."

— Japanese proverb,

Japanese Proverb

"Talk doesn't cook rice."

— Chinese Proverb,

Chinese Proverb

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