Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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A child is what you put into him. ~African Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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Corn cannot expect justice from a court composed of chickens. ~African Proverbs
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. ~Charlayne Hunter Gault
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Man is a masterpiece of creation, if only because no amount of determinism can prevent him from believing that he acts as a free being. ~Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Until you destroy your body, you don't learn to appreciate it. Treat the body like a temple because the body is so beautiful. If and when you understand your body then you will respect it. The body is like a bud, until the sun rises it will not bloom, until it blooms it will not be beautiful or give perfume. So respect it, take care of it. ~Bikram Choudhury
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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The style developed over decades, really, but I started out writing pretty traditional stories, then became impatient. It was a writer named Russell Edson who showed me that one could write in any way at all. ~Lydia Davis
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen 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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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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