When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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