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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Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ~Proverb
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My efforts in Congress are guided by the belief that environmental preservation and restoration are a critical part of the legacy we leave to future generations. ~Sue Kelly
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian 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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Now you're selling out, the devil sold a dream and you bought it without thinking about. How the beast will decrease the brain wave, with material thoughts from the crib to the grave. ~Kool Moe Dee
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Taxes grow without rain. ~Jewish Proverb
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Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. ~Chinese 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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I had got this far, and was thinking of what to say next, and as my habit is, I was pricking the paper idly with my pen. And I thought how, between one dip of the pen and the next, time goes on, and I hurry, drive myself, and speed toward death. We are always dying. I while I write, you while you read, and others while they listen or stop their ears, they are all dying. ~Petrarch
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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