He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor. ~Yoruban Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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A little too late, is much too late. ~German Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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You are what you "tweet".~ Internet Proverb
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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