A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Death closes all doors. ~English Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every cloud has a silver lining. ~English Proverb
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I don't know what life was like 1,000 years ago, but I imagine there was the same struggle; people trying to connect with each other. ~Spike Jonze
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right. ~Mark Twain
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love? ~Cecelia Ahern
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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You must neither strive for truth nor seek to lose your illusions. ~Zen Proverb
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Talk doesn’t cook rice. ~Chinese Proverb
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