Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven. ~Silouan the Athonite
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Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. ~Dennis Kucinich
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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I've had the same, full-time assistant and typist for eight or nine years now. She's read everything I've written, she types everything and does a good job, translates it and makes comments. ~Kevin J. Anderson
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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I only discovered the "Harry Potter" series in my tenth standard. I dived right into it, often reading non-stop through the day and night. It was the morning after one such readathon when I was to appear for a chemistry exam. Spending my night with the third edition of "Harry Potter" didn't help much, and I fared poorly. ~Sonam Kapoor
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been okay in my book. ~Michael Scheuer
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