Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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What is shocking and wrong is not [Lord Devlin's] idea that the community's morality counts, but his idea of what counts as the community's morality. ~Ronald Dworkin
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Knowledge of the sciences is so much smoke apart from the heavenly science of Christ. ~John Calvin
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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope. ~Turkish Proverb
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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They (fables) teach us that human beings learn and absorb ideas and concepts through narrative, through stories, not through lessons or theoretical speeches. ~Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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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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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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