A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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A strange, terrific force unlike anything I've ever experienced is sprouting in my heart, taking root there, growing. Shut up behind my rib cage, my warm heart expands and contracts independent of my will, over and over. ~Haruki Murakami
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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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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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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The pressure to entertain, to sell ourselves, and never to be visibly anxious keeps ratcheting up. ~Susan Cain
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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