Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God. ~Lionel Hampton
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation. ~Nate Silver
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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Before thirty, men seek disease; after thirty, diseases seek men. ~Chinese Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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