Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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[The raindrops] played across the coast all through the night, until the soft new day shrugged itself awake, tried on amethyst and lavender for a while, and finally decided on pale yellow. ~Gary D. Schmidt
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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It's never over. You don't want to be in the position to be down four runs in the ninth inning, but it's not over until the last out. ~Derek Jeter
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A table is not blessed if it has fed no scholars. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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You know who is against democracy in the Middle East? The husbands. They got used to their way of life. Now, the traditional way of life must change. Everybody must change. If you don't give equal rights to women, you can't progress. ~Shimon Peres
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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What you think you are, you are,until you think otherwise. ~American Proverb
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No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ~Richard Owen
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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