I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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At some point preoccupation with safety can get in the way of living full lives. ~Alan Hirsch
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Playing football, I'm getting chills just thinking about it. That first knock of the game, you are going on kickoff, and you are just trying to smack somebody just as hard as you can. That's how I play baseball. I want to hit you. ~Bryce Harper
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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Recognise.

Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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