Proverbs are the draft horses of wisdom. ~Canadian Proverb
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When you open the door which you shut in order to pray to God, the first person you meet as you go out is your neighbour whom you shall love. Wonderful! ~Soren Kierkegaard
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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You can't prevent birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. ~Chinese proverb
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When a man repeats a promise again and again, he means to fail you. ~Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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