A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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Under the shadow of swords, any plan is good. ~Mehmet Murat Ildan
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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In our desire to please everyone, it's very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre. ~Seth Godin
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Well, you know it was so different from when you rehearsed. You're out there with your guitar and trying to get a sound, but it doesn't sound anything like what you expect! ~Jonathan Richman
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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