It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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proverbiosWinter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Who are you? The band sang. I tried to remember but I really couldn't say. ~Janet Fitch
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quotistA wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French 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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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves. ~Latin Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world. ~Jack Nicholson
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A good man is willing to know the worst of himself, and particularly under affliction, desires to be told wherefore God contends with him and what God designs in correcting him. ~Matthew Henry
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself. ~William Ralph Inge
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Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies. ~Swedish Proverb
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Man unites himself with the world in the process of creation. ~Erich Fromm
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Men easily believe what they want to. ~Latin Proverb
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