If you think you're too small to make a difference, you haven't spent a night with a mosquito. ~African Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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Good things come to those who wait. ~English Proverb
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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America gains most when individuals have great freedom to pursue personal goals without undue government interference. ~Sylvia Earle
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in a bush. ~English Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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A monkey never thinks her baby is ugly. ~Haitian Proverb
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Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing. ~Gene Tunney
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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Idleness is the beginning of all vices. ~Proverb
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