It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ~Shirley Jones
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do what is necessary to make it a reality. ~Ralph Marston
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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I'm a little concerned I'm always going to be playing a black guy, you know what I'm saying? ~Dule Hill
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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