A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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I associate going to an airport with work because I travel so much with my job. So when I have a few days free from work, I tend to stay at home. ~Evelyn Glennie
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want to be criticized, marry. ~Irish Proverb
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The mind should be as a mirror. ~Zen Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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