The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~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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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic 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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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success; such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything. ~Nikola Tesla
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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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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