Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. ~Nnamdi Azikiwe
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Work hard, be patient, and be a sponge while learning your business. Learn how to take criticism. Follow your gut instincts and don't compromise. ~Simon Cowell
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth. ~Danielle Steel
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Sometimes you need to distance yourself to see things clearly. ~John Spence
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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People should decide "are you willing to spend all this money to go to Mars?" I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money; they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet. ~Felix Baumgartner
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Fear and courage are brothers. ~Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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