Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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The Masters is more like a vast Edwardian garden party than a golf tournament. ~Alistair Cooke
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man? ~Oriana Fallaci
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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A postponement till morning, a postponement for ever. ~Irish Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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