Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I wish I was a teenager in the 1970s. ~Ellen Page
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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