Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life. ~Kenneth Scott Latourette
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Even the Soviet Union, with its huge nuclear arsenal, was a threat that could be deterred by the prospect of retaliation. But suicide bombers cannot be deterred. They can only be annihilated; preemptively and unilaterally, if necessary. ~Thomas Sowell
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An imaginary ailment is worse than a disease. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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