A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune is blind, but not invisible. ~French Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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If the knitter is weary the baby will have no new bonnet. ~Irish Proverb
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress. ~Jean Bertrand Aristide
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not marry for money; you can borrow it cheaper. ~Scottish Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
#quotes #tom-hanks #50s #generation

The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African 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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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her today do not expect to regain her tomorrow. ~French Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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Teachers who do not take their own education seriously, who do not study, who make little effort to keep abreast of events have no moral authority to coordinate the activities of the classroom. ~Paulo Freire
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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One may go a long way after one is tired. ~French Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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