Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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Take heed: you do not find what you do not seek. ~English Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
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It is true that advertising often gives information and is valuable for doing so, but some forms of advertising give precious little information, and even that little is wrong. ~Randal Marlin
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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