Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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To learn a belief without the belief is to sing a song without the tune. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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No one can become really educated without having pursued some study in which he took no interest, for it is a part of education to learn to interest ourselves in subjects for which we have no aptitude. ~T. S. Eliot
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Morning without you is a dwindled dawn. ~Emily Dickinson
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Every life has its years in which one progresses as on a tedious and dusty street of poplars, without caring to know where he is. ~Max Muller
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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It is method on "This is England;" it is. But it can't be method on every job because it just doesn't work for everything. ~Vicky McClure
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