Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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A human heart that matched what we think of as heart-shaped; a perfectly formed bright red thing with two halves of equal size; would be one that was horribly diseased. The origin of this stylized representation is somewhat obscure, but it probably appeared at the same time as St. Valentine's Day, about whose history there is much dispute. ~George Fetherling
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The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every seller praises his wares. ~Yiddish Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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The tragedy of ignorance is its complacency. ~Robert Quillen
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Working 14 hours a day until you're 55 and missing your kids growing up is not what I would consider a recipe for happiness. ~Robert Harris
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. ~Ryan White
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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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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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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If you look back today over the last 25 years, it is a fact that we have had a progressive degeneration of our intelligence community in general; in particular in the field of human intelligence. ~Paul Bremer
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If you had to choose only two qualities to get you through times of change, the first should be a sense of self-worth and the second a sense of humor. ~Jennifer James
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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Horses teach you patience and how to do things the right way so you can get the right result. ~Lyle Lovett
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In very big companies, you find less entrepreneurialism than you really want to see. Success is defined as "don't make a mistake." And you get to be the C.E.O. by outlasting everybody else, then you're there for five or six years, and you want to get your bonus on the way out. ~Bernard L. Schwartz
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