I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease. ~English Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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Faith will move mountains. ~English Proverb
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When a man mentally undresses a woman it's merely sex; but when a woman mentally dresses a man he's in dire danger of matrimony. ~Helen Nielsen
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Contrary to conventional military and game theory, the most effective offense is sometimes a direct attack against your political opponent's greatest strength; not his weaknesses; to place him immediately on the defensive. ~Mark McKinnon
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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