A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Love is the capacity to take care, to protect, to nourish. ~Nhat Hanh
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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But you know, my dad called me the laziest white kid he ever met. When I screamed back at him that he was putting down a race of people to call me lazy, his answer was that's not what he was doing, and that I was also the dumbest white kid he ever met. ~Norman Lear
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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