The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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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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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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He who is born a fool is never cured. ~Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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I want my children to have all the things I couldn't afford. Then I want to move in with them. ~Phyllis Diller
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Life is tough, but it is tougher when you are stupid. ~John Wayne
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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