Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, the romance and you find out, you still care for the person.
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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I'm not much of a salesman. I prefer the soft sell and the honest approach. ~Marc Guggenheim
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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