If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. ~Japanese Proverb
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To eat an egg, you must break the shell. ~Jamaican Proverb
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A hungry man is an angry man. ~English Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Remember how you used to be able to feel your bed breathing and the walls spinning when you were a kid? ~Lynda Barry
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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The silent dog is the first to bite. ~German Proverb
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So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world. ~Stephen LaBerge
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I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work; and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ~David Knopfler
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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I am a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia's tap water. ~Gore Vidal
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A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill. ~Danish Proverb
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Conscience is the voice of the soul. ~Polish Proverb
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Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart. ~Proverb
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