Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them. ~Logan Pearsall Smith
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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In wintertime I like to wear flannel button down pyjamas, and in summer I prefer to wear, well; nothing. ~Phoebe Tonkin
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look for evil. Look for the goodness of God all around you. As you look for signs of His presence, many more opportunities will occur for you to bless people and share God's true nature. ~Graham Cooke
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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Who lies for you, will lie against you. ~Bosnian Proverb
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The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
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Some may claim that is it unscientific to speak of the operations of nature as miracles. But the point of the title lies in the paradox of finding so many wonderful things subservient to the rule of law. ~Elisha Gray
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A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ~Albert Schweitzer
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