Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. ~Indian Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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Don't count your chickens before they hatch. ~English 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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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
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I frankly encountered more anti-Semitism in the northeast than I did in Oklahoma, but not much either place. Anti-Semitism is not part of my life. ~Tim Blake Nelson
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever. ~English Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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I love writers all across the board, but one who influenced me very directly at the beginning was Mary Renault. ~Tanith Lee
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families. ~Hans Kung
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