No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out. ~Francis Bacon
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be. ~Dorothy Salisbury Davis
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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We learn little from victory, much from defeat. ~Japanese Proverb
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Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb
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Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow. ~Yiddish Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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Few industries have the ability to transform society like tech, yet too few companies are asking the questions or working on the problems that would create meaningful social change. ~Mitch Kapor
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin 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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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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