One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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We need better neighbors, neighbors that care about the schools in their neighborhood, whether they have kids in them or not, because they know that the health and vitality of that neighborhood depends on it. ~Thomas Friedman
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words now only use four-letter words writing prose; anything goes. ~Cole Porter
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. ~Rwandan Proverbs
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Better give a penny then lend twenty. ~Italian Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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Basically, I have no place in organized politics. By coming to the British Parliament, I've allowed the people to sacrifice me at the top and let go the more effective job I should be doing at the bottom. ~Bernadette Devlin
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The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
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God gave burdens, also shoulders. ~Yiddish Proverbs
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When you sign with a label, they do insist upon certain rights, and if you have a competent attorney, your rights will be protected. ~Tommy Shaw
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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I had somehow always thought of the classics of literature as something apart from me, something to do with academic life and not something you enjoyed. ~Alan Bennett
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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