Pure water is the world’s first and foremost medicine. ~Slovakian Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Habits are at first cobwebs, then cables. ~Spanish Proverb
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Plaid is always cute and always will be. But only on the bottom. At the top, it makes you look like a farmer. ~Jen Lancaster
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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Earth is dearer than gold. ~English Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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I think one of the keys to leadership is recognizing that everybody has gifts and talents. A good leader will learn how to harness those gifts toward the same goal. ~Benjamin Carson
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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They say I tried to hurt my nurse. I tell them they tried to hurt me first. ~CJ Roberts
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A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. ~English Proverb
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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It was a Republican, President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who first protected the Arctic Refuge to balance the oil development at Prudhoe Bay with responsible conservation. ~Robert Dold
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
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