A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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On the robot kit, I can choose very boring parts or I can choose exciting and interesting parts. That is a reflection of my personality and the kinds of things I am interested in. ~Bill Budge
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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I was asked the other day if I would be interested in the Nobel Prize, but I think that for me it would be an absolute catastrophe. I would certainly be interested in deserving it, but to receive it would be terrible. It would just complicate even more the problems of fame. The only thing I really regret in life is not having a daughter. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Pundits forecast not because they know, but because they are asked. ~John Kenneth Galbraith
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Judge me if you want to. And as a matter of fact, it won't even count, 'cause the only person who can judge is God. ~Kelly Rowland
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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1972 was a year of many pleasant and rewarding experiences for me. ~Chuck Mangione
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"Alien" asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. "The Matrix" delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing. ~Jason Reitman
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. ~Maya Angelou
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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Advice after injury is like medicine after death. ~Danish Proverb
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