Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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We have different forms assigned to us in the school of life, different gifts imparted. All is not attractive that is good. Iron is useful, though it does not sparkle like the diamond. Gold has not the fragrance of a flower. So different persons have various modes of excellence, and we must have an eye to all. ~William Wilberforce
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Experience this moment to its fullest. ~Zen Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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I know that military alliances and armament have been the reliance for peace for centuries, but they do not produce peace; and when war comes, as it inevitably does under such conditions, these armaments and alliances but intensify and broaden the conflict. ~Frank B. Kellogg
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ~Edith Wharton
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I don't pay a lot of attention, frankly, to what Barack Obama says. ~Dick Cheney
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Science is changing. God's Word does not change! ~Adrian Rogers
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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