A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Jealousy and love are sisters. ~Russian Proverb
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The man who has learned to triumph over sorrow wears his miseries as though they were sacred fillets upon his brow; and nothing is so entirely admirable as a man bravely wretched. ~Seneca
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
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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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Winning is everything in Hollywood. ~Olympia Dukakis
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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I had a friend whose family had dinner together. The mother would tuck you in at night and make breakfast in the morning. They even had a spare bike for a friend. It just seemed so amazing to me. ~Moon Unit Zappa
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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The path to inspiration starts upon the trails we've known; each stumbling block is not a rock, but just a stepping stone. ~Charles Ghigna
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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