A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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The go-between wears out a thousand sandals. ~Japanese Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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The main courtyard was filled with warriors, mermen with fish tails from the waist down and human bodies from the waist up, except their skin was blue, which I'd never known before. Some were tending the wounded. Some were sharpening spears and swords. One passed us, swimming in a hurry. His eyes were bright green, like that stuff they put in glo-sticks, and his teeth were shark teeth. They don't show you stuff like that in "The Little Mermaid. ~Rick Riordan
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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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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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics. ~Richard Dawkins
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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I love luxury, I love the high life, and I have to foot the bills. I have received practically nothing from my marriages and relationships. ~Britt Ekland
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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