A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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I think you use the negative things that happen from the year before, and from other years, too; to spur you to do the things you need to do to take the next step. ~Tony Romo
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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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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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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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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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Fame is a magnifying glass. ~English Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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What is not forbidden in Sweden, is obligatory. ~Milton Friedman
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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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I can't say I'm one way or the other because I've honestly fallen in love with a man and I've honestly fallen in love with a woman. I don't know how you label that, it's just how it is. ~Evan Rachel Wood
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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