A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man. ~Howard Staunton
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. ~Zen Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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