A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. ~Bernard Hopkins
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew 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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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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