When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African 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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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become. ~Louis Pasteur
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight. ~Bobby Rahal
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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In science, each new result, sometimes quite surprising, heralds a step forward and allows one to discard some hypotheses, even though one or two of these might have been highly favored. ~Stanley B. Prusiner
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican Proverb
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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The present can try to bury the past, an operation that is most atrocious when it is most successful. ~Mary McCarthy
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The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. ~Japanese Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian 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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