Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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All I care is that my family, and my loved ones, understand me. Or that they understand me to a degree; I don't understand me very much. And I don't need the world to understand me. That is the most egocentric thing. ~Andrea Corr
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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Socialism is a wonderful idea. It is only as a reality that it has been disastrous. Among people of every race, color, and creed, all around the world, socialism has led to hunger in countries that used to have surplus food to export. Nevertheless, for many of those who deal primarily in ideas, socialism remains an attractive idea; in fact, seductive. Its every failure is explained away as due to the inadequacies of particular leaders. ~Thomas Sowell
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? ~Joichi Ito
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Fresh air impoverishes the doctor. ~Danish Proverb
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