Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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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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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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