You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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I admit that, my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ~Sam Levenson
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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I am fortunate in that I am a lecturer too and this gets me out and about and away from the computer. I also have loads of friends all around the world, plus a core group of special people in my life that I can lean on, chat to, or just hang with. ~Paul Kane
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Repression, however, is not the most obvious characteristic of the sea; the sea is a collector, quick to return a rapacious look. ~Marianne Moore
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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