A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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One joy scatters a hundred griefs. ~Chinese Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African 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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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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"A woman doesn't want to be told she looks nice," Jude nuttered as she sat down beside maud's grave. "She wants to be told she's beautiful, sexy. That she looks outrageous. It dosen't matter if its not true." She sighed and laid the flowers against the headstone. "Because for the moment, when the words are said and the words are heard, it's perfect truth." ~Nora Roberts
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every beginning is weak. ~Irish Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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Teachers open the door but you must walk through it yourself. ~Chinese Proverb
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Offers for me to play dances, society parties, even churches, were now coming in regularly. For most dates I was paid the sum of one dollar per hour, and they always tipped me at the end of the night. ~Mary Lou Williams
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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