Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was, as a kid, really obsessed with reading... that was about as geeky as you could possibly get. ~Junot Diaz
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief. ~Swedish Proverb
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It takes the glory of God to conceal a matter. It takes the honor of the king to seek out for it. ~Tommy Tenney
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese 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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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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It's like there's a moment that happens in baseball, and when it happens, I do everything to concentrate. When you do that, it can be good. ~Miguel Cabrera
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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