If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September. ~Jon Scieszka
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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If you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, someone to whom you want to write another heartfelt, slanted, misspelled thank you note, do it. Tell them they made you feel loved and supported. That they made you feel like you belonged somewhere and that you were not a freak. Tell them all of that. Tell them today. ~Lisa Jakub
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish 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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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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She thougt of sunrise over the library slope at Cornell University that nobody out on it had seen because the slope faces west. ~Thomas Pynchon
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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