Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~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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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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Waylon Jennings and I had a lot of fun recording together. ~Willie Nelson
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Poetry is also the physical self of the poet, and it is impossible to separate the poet from his poetry. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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