What is bought is cheaper than a gift. ~Portuguese Proverb
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To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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I wear my shadows where they are harder to see, but they follow me everywhere. I guess that should tell me I am travelling toward light. ~Bruce Cockburn
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The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right. ~Gene Weingarten
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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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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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. ~English proverb
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The more you eat, the less flavor; the less you eat, the more flavor. ~Chinese Proverb
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. ~Russian Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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There is no time like the present. ~English Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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