A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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I doubt that the Lord cares much which honorable vocation you choose. But He does care if you love one another and serve one another. ~Russell M. Nelson
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Making a company fit to sell may be the only way to ensure you never need a buyer. ~Margaret Heffernan
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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
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All artists are anarchists in some way; some more extreme than others, but it is something that I think artists are supposed to do. We are supposed to present a different angle on everything, and I certainly think it is as much as poetry, in my opinion. ~Robert Zemeckis
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. ~French Proverb
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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