The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go. ~William J. Clinton
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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The excess of virtue is a vice. ~Greek Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask. ~Kate Winslet
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African 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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Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need most. ~American Proverb
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Everyone agrees in theory that we can't judge a new idea or point of view unless we enter into it and try it out, but the practice itself is rare. ~Peter Elbow
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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The quieter you become, the more you can hear. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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