It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do. ~Anthony Trollope
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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"But" is a fence over which few leap. ~German Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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A clear conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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A good conscience is a soft pillow. ~German Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion. ~Chinese Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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