It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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The starting point of my career in money management in 1973-74 was the time of the only true bear market any living non-Japanese investor has seen in major markets. Equities, real estate, you name it, everyone got run over. ~Paul Singer
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Eat and drink, and let the world go to ruin. ~Arabic Proverb
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
#quotes #kofi-annan #military #iraq #united-states

I failed at the biggest things there are in life. I failed in my health, I failed in my marriage, I failed in everything, and I have picked myself up and gone on. ~Sharon Stone
#quotes #sharon-stone #failure #health #marriage

And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. ~English Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
#quotes #edward-young #men #time #death #procrastination

People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #manners #wait

If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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We are dealing in a day and time when the courts are defining sin different than the church. ~Johnny Hunt
#quotes #johnny-hunt #christianity

The way life runs through everything, even the tiniest elements of nature; that makes me humble. It's the same humility that causes people at a certain time every day to get on their knees and put their foreheads on the ground in honor of something or someone. ~Michael J. Fox
#quotes #michael-j-fox #nature #life #humility

Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
#proverbs #dutch-proverbs #health #disease

A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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