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Without the companionship even paradise would be boring.

Proverbs and old sayings about paradise

The house of danger is built upon the borders of safety.

Proverbs and old sayings about safety, danger, home, house

He fled from the rain and sat down under the waterspout.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain

It is better to die in revenge than to live on in shame.

Proverbs and old sayings about revenge, shame, death

Fixing the known is better than waiting for the unknown.

Proverbs and old sayings

You can live without a brother but not without a friend.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Act like you are an idiot and everyone will respect you.

Proverbs and old sayings about respect, contentment

Dig a well then close the well, but do not fire a worker.

Proverbs and old sayings about workers, fire, fire brigade

So long as the pot is boiling, friendship will stay warm.

Proverbs and old sayings about friendship

Fortune is with you for an hour, and against you for ten.

Proverbs and old sayings about wealth, contentment

The best act of generosity is that which is quickly done.

Proverbs and old sayings about generosity

When you shoot an arrow of truth, dip its point in honey.

Proverbs and old sayings about truth, contentment

Literal meaning: He left the party without having Hommos.

Proverbs and old sayings

The best of the things you own, is what is useful to you.

Proverbs and old sayings about things, contentment

Every dog is a great barker at the door of his own house.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, house

He who spits up in the air will get it back on his beard.

Proverbs and old sayings about air

The ideal phrase is that which is short and to the point.

Proverbs and old sayings about ideal

They were two, but united; we were a hundred, but divided.

Proverbs and old sayings

Forget brotherhood, each goat will cost your seven dinars.

Proverbs and old sayings about brotherhood

If the water is available you need not clean up with sand.

Proverbs and old sayings about need, water, contentment

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The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also. Spring will come and so will happiness. Hold on. Life will get warmer. Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil. Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

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If those who are the enemies of innocent amusements had the direction of the world, they would take away the spring, and youth, the former from the year, the latter from human life. Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tendency to the love of Good in his main-spring of Mind. But God help us all! It is at present a sad jar of atoms. We moved over to Silver Spring, actually near University Park. The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

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Blossom by blossom the spring begins. Happiness? The color of it must be spring green. The deep roots never doubt spring will come. Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world.

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