Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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Cheerfulness is the very flower of health. ~Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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Idolatry is permissible in Hinduism when it sub serves an ideal. ~Mahatma Gandhi
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The growth of love is the essence within the soul. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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I didn't go to drama school, so I feel like I did all my growing up on "Hollyoaks." ~Nathalie Emmanuel
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications. ~Starhawk
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese 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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