Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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I admit that, my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ~Sam Levenson
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. ~Louis D. Brandeis
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good. ~Jewish Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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The right of freely examining public characters and measures, and of free communication among the people thereon... has ever been justly deemed the only effectual guardian of every other right. ~James Madison
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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A silent mouth is sweet to hear. ~Irish Proverb
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It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is. ~Hermann Hesse
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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That the birds of worry and care fly over you head, this you cannot change, but that they build nests in your hair, this you can prevent. ~Chinese Proverb
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Smoke your pipe and be silent; there is only wind and smoke in the world. ~Irish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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