Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Who brings a tale takes two away. ~Irish Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. ~Mark Twain
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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He who loves a thing often talks of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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We are fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanses Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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