A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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One doctor makes work for another. ~English Proverb
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Don't be sweet, lest you be eaten up; don't be bitter, lest you be spewed out. ~Jewish Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Jesuits encourage an intellectual rigor in a way that I like. ~Alexander Payne
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken. ~Danish Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be. ~Abba Eban
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The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ~Ernest Holmes
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A good husband is healthy and absent. ~Japanese Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man does not seek his luck, luck seeks its man. ~Turkish Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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