A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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I realized that even in a world of proliferating media venues, online and in print, and on TV and on countless cable channels, the idea that I could be considered an expert on chronic knee pain was I think troubling for society, but very exciting for me. ~John Hodgman
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Discretion is the greater part of valor. ~English Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. ~Thomas Jefferson
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. ~Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will. ~James Stephens
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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