A true warrior, like tea, shows his strength in hot water. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it. ~Stephen King
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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The nature of the South is changing faster than the stereotypes are. Much of the South now looks like San Jose. Is it still southern? ~John Shelton Reed
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The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places, but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater. ~J.R.R. Tolkien
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A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it is better than no inspiration at all. ~Rita Mae Brown
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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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The privatization law draft was recently released and I believe that very soon we will start applying it, of course taking into consideration the provisions of UNMIK (United Nations Mission in Kosovo). ~Ibrahim Rugova
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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