When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
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