In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American 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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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~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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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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