I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. ~Barbara Mertz
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Honesty is the best policy. ~English Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic 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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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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