The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese 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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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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If you weren't pretty, it wouldn't matter what you said or didn't say. That's why you're getting this attention. ~Miesha Tate
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing. ~Joel Osteen
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Our whole social environment seems to us to be filled with forces which really exist only in our own minds. ~Emile Durkheim
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I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up. ~Jennifer Ellison
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Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it. ~Oprah Winfrey
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