Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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Children suck the mother when they are young and the father when they are old. ~English Proverb.
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A friend is known when needed. ~Saudi Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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Anger without power is folly. ~German Proverb
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In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human. ~Elie Wiesel
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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A thief believes everybody steals. ~Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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Success, for me, is that if my son chooses to be a stay-at-home parent, he is cheered on for that decision. And if my daughter chooses to work outside the home and is successful, she is cheered on and supported. ~Sheryl Sandberg
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The debate over same sex "marriage" has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans. ~Elliott Abrams
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese 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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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. ~Jim Jeffords
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Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours. ~Swedish Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
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