Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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If Barack Obama is elected, I will be moving out of the country. ~Stephen Baldwin
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A hedge between keeps friendship green. ~French Proverb
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Do not fall before you are pushed. ~English Proverb
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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Practice makes perfect. ~English Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Fortune favors the bold. ~English Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A young lady is a female child who has just done something dreadful. ~Judith Martin
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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