What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most dangerous food a man can eat is a wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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A man chases a woman until she catches him. ~American Proverb
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No man is a good doctor who has never been sick himself. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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Arrow-swift the present sweepeth, and motionless forever stands the past. ~Friedrich Schiller
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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May the blue bird of happiness fly up your nose. ~Chinese Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin 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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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The sinning is the best part of repentance. ~Arabic Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Love enters a man through his eyes, woman through her ears. ~Polish Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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