The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't usually think of my writing as a "challenge" because I enjoy the process so much. I suppose that's what's helped me to avoid "writer's block" all these years. ~Melody Carlson
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Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism. ~Benazir Bhutto
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He who hears music feels his solitude. ~French Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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A mother understands what a child does not say. ~Jewish proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams. ~Yiddish Proverb
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If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
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Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
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Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not do what you will have to find an excuse for. ~Proverb
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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