When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost. ~Salvatore Quasimodo
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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We should go into His presence as a child goes to his father. We do it with reverence and godly fear, of course, but we should go with a childlike confidence and simplicity. ~David Lloyd Jones
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Most clients expect experience design to be a discrete activity, solving all their problems with a single functional specification or a single research study. It must be an ongoing effort, a process of continually learning about users, responding to their behaviors, and evolving the product or service. ~Dan Brown
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He who wishes to talk well must first think well. ~Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Good morning. Love is the most beautiful truth of life. Never ignore the person who loves you.
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Virtue is its own reward. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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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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