With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is quite impossible these days to assume anything about people's educational level from the way they talk or dress or from their taste in music. Safest to treat everyone you meet as a distinguished intellectual. ~Ian Mcewan
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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On receiving from the people the sacred trust twice confided on my illustrious predecessor, and which he has discharged so faithfully and so well, I know that I can not expect to perform the arduous task with equal ability and success. ~Martin Van Buren
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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Are the Democrats going to dance the mandate Macarena? ~Dan Rather
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