A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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There are some people that we didn't forget, but we don't smile any more when they're mentioned. ~Nizar Qabbani
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Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow. ~English Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. ~English Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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