Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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There is nothing noble about being superior to some other person. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self. ~Hindu Proverb
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The generous is never satisfied with riches. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sometimes the hand that feeds you needs a good bite. ~Dan Wells
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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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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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The kind man feeds his beast before sitting down to dinner. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~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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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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For mercy has a human heart; pity, a human face; and love, the human form divine, and peace, the human dress. ~William Blake
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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It is much more enjoyable being an actor. ~Kyle Chandler
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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