What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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