And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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What you are is God’s gift to you, what you make of yourself is your gift to God. ~Jewish Proverb
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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The three great mysteries: air to a bird, water to a fish, mankind to himself. ~Indian Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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I went to church with my grandparents sometimes, and I loved it. ~Anne Lamott
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English 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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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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