A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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I played pretend games as a kid, army, whatever, but I never wanted to be an actor. ~Ray Liotta
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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