The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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A woman is essentially a vessel made to be filled. ~Jose Saramago
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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Even the roughest character, underneath all that hurt, is someone who wants to love and be loved. ~Jan Karon
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda. ~Rick Derringer
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. ~Phil Jackson
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Government is at best useless, and at worst counter-productive. ~Kakha Bendukidze
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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I reverted easily to my wild state, that is experimentation. ~Jack Steinberger
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