A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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I like kids, but I don't expect to have any of my own. I'm 40 years old and spend most of my time working. I'd be a terrible mother. ~Virginia Postrel
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does. ~Cassandra Clare
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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the men of old; seek what they sought. ~Zen Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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I'm crazy about westerns. I need to do a western once in a while. It's like you know, eating bread, eating pasta, drinking wine. It's in my blood. I need it. ~Franco Nero
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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