Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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It was only the vulgarly mediocre that repelled her. ~Ivan Turgenev
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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Blood is thicker than water. ~English Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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He often wondered whether it were possible to be more possessed by desire for any other woman. The fact was that they functioned well together, and they had a connection as addictive as heroin. ~Steig Larsson
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Never strike your wife, even with a flower. ~Hindu Proverb
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Every knock is a boost. ~Elbert Hubbard
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. ~French Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Better late than never. ~English Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
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If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
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