There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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Unwillingness easily finds an excuse. ~English Proverb
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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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A heart that loves is always young. ~Greek Proverb
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What is an adult? A child blown up by age. ~Simone de Beauvoir
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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The mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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You can't, Brooke, you can't leave. You're mine. ~Katy Evans
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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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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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Need teaches a plan. ~Irish Proverb
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A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse. ~English Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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