A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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Who will not judge him worthy to be robbed. That sets his doors wide open to a thief, and shows the felon where his treasure lies? ~Ben Jonson
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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If every fool wore a crown, we should all be kings. ~Welsh Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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In any contest between power and patience, bet on patience. ~William Prescott
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Easy come, easy go. ~English Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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It would be good to see what the Queen gets up to at Buckingham Palace. I bet she spends her whole time watching "Coronation Street." ~Amelia Warner
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