Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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Bad is never good until worse happens. ~Danish Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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A dog is wiser than a woman; it does not bark at its master. ~Russian Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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Love makes the time pass. Time makes love pass. ~French Proverb
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. ~Dag Hammarskjold
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