The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back. ~Zhu Rongji
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Anger with our friend, rather than constant friendship with our enemy. ~Arabic Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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I don't walk around chuckling all the time. My outlook is very bleak. It's worse than bleak, it's apocalyptic. ~Mark Leyner
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic 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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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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At the age of 25, I gave up my study of Japanese language and culture at university in Brisbane and moved to the town of Alice Springs. ~Robyn Davidson
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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