Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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Burning in effigy. Kissing the picture of one's beloved, it aims at nothing at all; we just behave this way and then we feel satisfied. ~Ludwig Wittgenstein
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. ~Plato
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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In today's world, it is shortsighted to think that infectious diseases cannot cross borders. By allowing developing countries access to generic drugs, we not only help improve health in those nations, we also help ourselves control these debilitating and often deadly diseases. ~Ron Wyden
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The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity, will not attain great prosperity. ~Tibetan Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to understand that the world is huge. There is so much in the world to experience, and the odds are so essential to life. ~Jessye Norman
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