She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Begin to weave and God will give you the thread. ~German Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Every proverb speaketh sooth; dreams and omens mask the truth. ~Welsh Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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You can't win if nobody catches the ball in the outfield. You're only as good as the team you have behind you. ~Jim Palmer
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I love to work, so give me what you have got. I will play a tree, if you want me to. If you want fruit on it, then pay me more money. Otherwise, I just love to work. ~Danny Trejo
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Tiger father begets tiger son. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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Who begins too much accomplishes little. ~German Proverb
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He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down. ~Young Buck
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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