When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead. ~V. S. Naipaul
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions. ~Aristotle
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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What kind of knife is this? Locke held a rounded buttering utensil up for Chains' inspection. It's all wrong. You couldn't kill anyone with this. ~Scott Lynch
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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