A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats. ~Jill Lepore
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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Gray hairs are death's blossoms. ~English Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Happy are men who yet before they are killed, can let their veins run cold. ~Wilfred Owen
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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