Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Silence is also speech. ~Proverb
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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How much money you get, depends on lots of extraneous things. It depends on how good you are at turning poetry into a marketable product, which is something it was never supposed to be. That's why many people suppose that the better the poet you are the lower your income should be, and that's probably true. ~Robert Bringhurst
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. ~H. Jackson Brown Jr.
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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