A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Anger is the one thing made better by delay. ~English Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. ~Virginia Postrel
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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