The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish 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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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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To sleep around is absolutely wrong for a woman; it's degrading and it completely ruins her personality. Sooner or later it will destroy all that is feminine and beautiful and idealistic in her. ~Barbara Cartland
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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It's hard to say that my twenties were the most miserable time in my life or that my first wife drove me crazy or that I hated the job that I had. You can say all of those things. But for the most part, people manage to have a good time when they're that age. ~Frank Stella
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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As we live, so we learn. ~Yiddish Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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I want to write the sort the book that my people want to read, even if the market is small. ~Robert Dessaix
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Though they may not always be handsome, men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. ~Jean Genet
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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