To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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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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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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Even the smallest of stars shines in the darkness. ~Swedish Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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God made time, but man made haste. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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