A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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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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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Seeing is believing. ~Chinese Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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When I am happy I am like a cat, sleek and purring, quite useless. It is when I am unhappy, with an ache perhaps in my heart, that I do my finest work. ~Barbara La Marr
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Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The world was not made of energy and delight but of foulness, betrayal, and lassitude. Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. ~Philip Pullman
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Innovating economies expand and develop. Economies that do not add new kinds of goods and services, but continue only to repeat old work, do not expand much nor do they, by definition, develop. ~Jane Jacobs
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?" ~Sydney J. Harris
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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I also think we need to maintain distinctions - the doctrine of creation is different from a scientific cosmology, and we should resist the temptation, which sometimes scientists give in to, to try to assimilate the concepts of theology to the concepts of science. ~John Polkinghorne
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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