Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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The unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have the seeds of invention within them. Economy and efficiency move their relentless tinkering and yet the real motive often seems to be aesthetic. The mind that first designed a cutter bar is not far different from a mind that can take the intractable steel of an outsized sickle blade and make it hum in the end. The question is how to reduce the simplicity that constitutes a problem to the greater simplicity that constitutes a solution. ~Verlyn Klinkenborg
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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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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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It's not about working anymore, it's about doing work I can be proud of. ~Paul Walker
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic 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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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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