A loan though old is not gift. ~Hungarian 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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Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom. ~French Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet golden treasure inside is hid. ~J. R. R. Tolkien
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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Winter bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail. ~Montenegrin Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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To break boundaries interests me. With all the knowledge that is available now in the world, it should be accessible to everyone. You can get so much information on the Internet now, and yet there are so many places in the world where people just don't have the education. ~Melanie Griffith
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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When you are starting out as an actor people are very interested in who you are because they want to know where they can put you. And quite often, and we're all guilty of this is our lives, we judge very quickly and we pigeon-hole people very quickly based on how they look and how they talk and how they dress and we think: "Oh yeah, we know who you are." ~Tom Hiddleston
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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The people of Chicago are a proud people; and for good reason. ~Jane Byrne
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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