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reflect

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To bend back; to give a backwa/d turn to; to throw back; especially, to cause to return after striking upon any surface; as, a mirror reflects rays of light; polished metals reflect heat.

To give back an image or likeness of; to mirror.

To throw back light, heat, or the like; to return rays or beams.

To be sent back; to rebound as from a surface; to revert; to return.

To throw or turn back the thoughts upon anything; to contemplate. Specifically: To attend earnestly to what passes within the mind; to attend to the facts or phenomena of consciousness; to use attention or earnest thought; to meditate; especially, to think in relation to moral truth or rules.

To cast reproach; to cause censure or dishonor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. Timothy Ferriss

Children look more at their parents' lives and reflect them in their young souls than they listen to their words. Tikhon of Zadonsk

Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

A mirror does not reflect a broken heart. Persian Proverb

Muddied water does not reflect. French Proverb

Fallen blossoms do not return to branches; a broken mirror does not again reflect. Japanese Proverb

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