An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese. ~Suzanne Collins
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~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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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese 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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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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Bygone troubles are good to tell. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab 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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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking. ~Dan Savage
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to. ~Chic Murray
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