You do not need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence. ~Jewish Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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A red apple invites stones. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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I didn't want to be anyone else. ~Gordon Waller
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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You already possess everything necessary to become great. ~Native American Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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