Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare. ~Japanese 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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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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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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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek 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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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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He who lives without discipline dies without honour. ~Icelandic Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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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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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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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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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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