The best memory is that which forgets nothing, but injuries. Write kindness in marble and write injuries in the dust. ~Persian Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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We live through books; we have adventures in them, we lead alternative lives through them. We expand our memories through them. And that sometimes art can offer us more intense experiences of the world than life itself can. ~Anthony Doerr
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Truly, there are terrible primal arcana of earth which had better be left unknown and unevoked; dread secrets which have nothing to do with man, and which man may learn only in exchange for peace and sanity; cryptic truths which make the knower evermore an alien among his kind, and cause him to walk alone on earth. ~H. P. Lovecraft
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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There are two kinds of people; those who are always well and those who are always sick. Most of the evils of the world come from the first sort and most of the achievement from the second. ~Louis Dudek
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet. ~Vietnamese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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It is easy to get a thousand prescriptions but hard to get one single remedy. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every garden may have some weeds. ~English Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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