Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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When I face the media, maybe I don't feel it now, here with you, because it's a different sort of interview, but when I face the media before or after the game, I feel it as part of the game. ~Jose Mourinho
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish 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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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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