An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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proverbiosBlood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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quotistAn ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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No one was ever lost on a straight road. ~Indian Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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There's no "brothers" when it comes to white people. We are just complete individuals. We don't care about each other. He's not my brother; my brother lives in Ohio; I don't know that guy. ~Bill Burr
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday. ~John Clayton
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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