A bad cause requires many words. ~German Proverb
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One of my lungs is half gone, and the other half, because I smoked for years, has a lesion. So I can't swim anymore and had the swimming pool covered over. Now it's what I call the dance pavilion, and so I and my friends sit out and put music on and watch people dance. ~Maya Angelou
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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One does not look for good from God. ~Russian Proverb
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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Mystery books. I must read a hundred a year. I just wish some of them were harder to figure out. ~Martin Cruz Smith
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If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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