A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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To set up what you like against what you do not like, this is the disease of the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ~Anna Kournikova
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi 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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