A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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proverbiosThe adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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quotistBetter to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Each person we meet has the potential to teach us something. ~John C. Maxwell
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Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing. ~Will Durant
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
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I do get a lot of mail. I get a lot of foreign mail because my mail gets mixed with Emilio Estevez. ~Erik Estrada
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. (Vino Veritas) ~Pliny the Elder
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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No brilliance is needed in the law. Nothing but common sense, and relatively clean finger nails. ~John Mortimer
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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It is a common teaching of the Saints that one of the principal means of leading a good and exemplary life is certainly modesty and the mortification of the eyes. Just as there is nothing better than modesty to preserve devotion in a soul and to edify one's neighbor, so too, there is nothing worse than immodesty and licentious glances to expose a person to the danger of becoming lax and loose in morals. ~Alphonsus Rodriguez
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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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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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