A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the literature of reason. ~French Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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My feeling about the Internet or anything else is that the more it tends to become a cult, the more I want to call it into question. ~Bill Keller
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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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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Now, being in Africa, I was hungry for more of it, the changes of the seasons, the rains with no need to travel, the discomforts that you paid to make it real, the names of the trees, of the small animals, and all the birds, to know the language and have time to be in it and to move slowly. ~Ernest Hemingway
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It's true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting. ~Harry Mathews
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. ~Hannah More
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Your birthday will always be remembered in a special way, because you have brought so much happiness into the lives of those who are close to you. Happy birthday to you!
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I never read the tabloids. ~Dana Carvey
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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