A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, the positive pronounce without dismay. ~William Cowper
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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There's a myth that free-to-play is cheaper than a $60 game. It's just elastic. For some users, it winds up being a lot more expensive. I would have paid $150 a year to get a better version of FIFA. ~Mitch Lasky
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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