The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no safe political refuge for those afraid to take responsibility for their own lives. ~James Bovard
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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You are playing worse and worse every day and right now you are playing like it's next month. ~Herb Brooks
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the mind. ~Max Eastman
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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I always stayed for the first curtain call and people always said, "Who's that?" But this got me started in acting. ~James Stewart
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I first arrived in New York in 1979. I was 19 and I was going to University in Houston, Texas, and I decided that I knew what I wanted to do and it was time to go and do it. I literally ran away from college. ~Candace Bushnell
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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The end never comes when you think it will. It is always ten steps past the worst moment, then a weird turn to the left. ~Lena Dunham
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind. ~Francis Bacon
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Write in the sand the flaws of your friend. ~Pythagoras
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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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