At the gambling table, there are no fathers and sons. ~Chinese Proverb
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The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best time is now. ~Chinese Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Everything is prospective, and man is to live hereafter. That the world is for his education is the only sane solution of the enigma. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Properly trained, a man can be dog's best friend. ~Corey Ford
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A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder. ~John D. Rockefeller
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There are no true friends in politics. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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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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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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I smoke cigars because at my age if I don't have something to hang on to I might fall down. ~George Burns
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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The truest success is but the development of self. ~Charles Atlas
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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