A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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It's hard to be a good doctor if you don't think about the social circumstances of who you're treating. There are many Tory doctors, but I think it's difficult to be a doctor and a genuine right winger. ~Robert Winston
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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Do not seek reality, just put an end to opinions. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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As the bee collects nectar and departs without injuring the flower, or its color or fragrance, so let the sage dwell on earth. ~Gautama Buddha
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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