Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Keep an eye on the cat and another on the frying pan. ~Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German 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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Silence is medication for sorrow. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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God delays but doesn't forget. ~Spanish proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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One of the things about leadership is that you've got to show up. And if you want to be president of the United States you've got to make a case to the American people that Barack Obama needs to be dismissed from his position.
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet just needs, furnishes opportunity for abuse and stimulates the effort to bend it to improper uses. ~Charles Evans Hughes
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. ~Chinese 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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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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The belly rules the mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Listen to the wisdom of the toothless ones. ~Fijian Proverb
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