Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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I think inspiration is always around; it is just a question of whether or not you are noticing it. ~John Green
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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A hen is heavy when carried far. ~Irish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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