A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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The world is wonderful and beautiful and good beyond one's wildest imagination. ~D. H. Lawrence
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet 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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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker. ~William Griffith Wilson
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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In the midst of great joy, do not promise anyone anything. In the midst of great anger, do not answer anyone's letter. ~Chinese Proverb
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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