A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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A horse is worth more than riches. ~Spanish Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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What the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations. ~Harry A. Blackmun
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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I have possessed that heart, that noble soul, in whose presence I seemed to be more than I really was, because I was all that I could be. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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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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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
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