He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic 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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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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One of the things that always fascinated me about the Renaissance was that it was a time both of great scientific discovery and also of superstition and belief in magic. And so it was a period in which Galileo invented the telescope, but also a time when hundreds were burned at the stake because people thought they were witches. ~Marie Rutkoski
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Movements are as eloquent as words. ~Isadora Duncan
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Take the sum of human achievement in action, in science, in art, in literature subtract the work of the men above forty, and while we should miss great treasures, even priceless treasures, we would practically be where we are today. The effective, moving, vitalizing work of the world is done between the ages of twenty-five and forty. ~William Osler
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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There is no place like home. ~English Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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If there are no endings, there are no beginnings and you see no new lands, so for everything that is lost, there is usually something gained. ~Merle Shain
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~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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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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