This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Music in the soul can be heard by the universe. ~Taoist Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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God bless us everyone! Said Tiny Tim, the last of all. ~Charles Dickens
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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