A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish 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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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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No wonder, he thought, that the panhandle people were a godly lot, for they lived in sudden, violent atmospheres. Weather kept them humble. ~Annie Proulx
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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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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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian 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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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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