Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tear off the curtain of doubt by questions. ~Arabic Proverb
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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I was once fired as opening act for Seals and Crofts because I got loaded and introduced them as Arts and Crafts. ~George Miller
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die. ~Daniel Burnham
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Once again, President Clinton is using American troops to deflect attention from his record of lies, distortions, obstructions of justice and abuse of power. ~Ron Paul
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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Once I began doing stand-up, I didn't get a kick out of the applause or being the centre of attention; but I did get a kick out of the jigsaw puzzle aspect of it, searching for the right bit, adding another few pieces each night until the bigger picture appears. That's the appeal: the challenge of it. ~Stephen Merchant
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise. ~Charles de Secondat
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God sells knowledge for labor, honor for risk. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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