Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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One who smiles rather than rages is always the stronger. ~Japanese Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature. ~Native American Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Most married couples, even though they love each other very much in theory, tend to view each other in practice as large teeming flaw colonies, the result of being that they get on each other's nerves and regularly erupt into vicious emotional shouting matches over such issues as toaster settings. ~Dave Barry
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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