Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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I vote in every general election, but I'm not a party member or an ideologue. I've never told anyone who I've voted for. ~Brian Lamb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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Animals are the best actors. They never lie, they're always present, and they listen. That's a lot more than a lot of actors can say for themselves. ~Graham Phillips
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ~Edith Sitwell
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beware of a silent dog and still water. ~German Proverb
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If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. ~Chinese Proverb
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God helps those who help themselves. ~English Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy nowadays it means rank subversion. ~Germaine Greer
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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