A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Language in art remains a highly ambiguous transaction, a quicksand, a trampoline, a frozen pool which might give way under you; at any time. ~Harold Pinter
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound. ~Latin Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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