Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #trust

I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
#quotes #ashley-tisdale #movies #night #thinking #imagination

We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #nature #flower

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #king #reality

Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
#quotes #richard-ford #poverty #floods #new-orleans

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #strength

The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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The only Zen you find at the top of the mountain is the Zen you bring with you. ~Zen Proverb
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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Not the day only, but all things have their morning. ~French Proverb
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May God in his mercy enable us without obstinacy to perceive our errors. ~Michael Servetus
#quotes #michael-servetus #god #mistakes

The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Don't bite the hand that feeds you. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #loyalty

Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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I never ask God to give me anything; I only ask him to put me where things are. ~Mexican Proverb
#proverbs #mexican-proverbs #perspective

He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #progress #motivation #success

If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
#quotes #richard-p-feynman #knowledge

You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #age

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
#proverbs #sicilian-proverbs #friendship

Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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