We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential; these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. ~Confucius
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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When you're young and good-looking, you've got to behave. But when you're old, you can get away with murder. ~Julie Newmar
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment; that is not the Islamic way. ~Naguib Mahfouz
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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If somebody from the past doesn't rise up from the grave and start talking to me, I haven't got a book. I have to hear that voice, the voice of the narrator. How she sounds will tell me who she is, and who she is will tell me how she will act - and that starts the plot in motion. ~Geraldine Brooks
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I knew I wanted to be an actor when I was very young. I guess I was about 6 years old at the time, and I was fascinated by television. I started having waking fantasies where I was in a movie and there were crane shots of me during a scene. ~Nicolas Cage
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Every new day is another chance to change your life. ~Native American Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Achilles absent was Achilles still! ~Homer
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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