A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. ~Japanese Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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Behind every kick of the ball there has to be a thought. ~Dennis Bergkamp
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the end be no peace. ~Max Lerner
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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