Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I shall never get used to not being the most beautiful woman in the room. It was an intoxication to sweep in and know every man had turned his head. It kept me in form. ~Lady Randolph Churchill
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese 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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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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