A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish 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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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Everybody has talent, it is just a matter of moving around until you have discovered what it is. ~George Lucas
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We are actors, we have to do what we have to do, and you have to be really solid within yourself. ~Linda Gray
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh 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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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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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German 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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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English 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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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who eats until he is sick must fast until he is well. ~English Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Those who wish to sing, always find a song. ~Swedish 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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