Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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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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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about it and do what you have to do, it will go away. If you really like to pitch and you want to pitch, that's what you'll do. ~Warren Spahn
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~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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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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