Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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The highest wisdom adopts the humblest of bodies. ~Antoni Tapies
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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