Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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I am waiting impatiently for the day when beleaguered, like-minded academics can order James Wolcott's collected essays for their classes. ~Camille Paglia
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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An ounce of mother is worth a ton of priest. ~Spanish Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid. ~Jay Smith
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Truth becomes disagreeable to the fool only. ~Arabic Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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In every head is some wisdom. ~Arabic Proverb
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