Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
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Intelligence is: the most complex phenomenon in the Universe; or a profoundly simple process. The answer, of course, is both of the above. It's another one of those great dualities that make life interesting. ~Ray Kurzweil
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One who asks questions is a fool for five minutes, one who does not ask questions remains a fool forever. ~Chinese Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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I am sitting in a cage with my eye upon the clock. ~Ray Davies
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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The worst moment for an atheist is when he feels a profound sense of gratitude and has no one to thank. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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Love can neither be bought or sold, its only price is love. ~English Proverb
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The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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What flatterers say, try to make true. ~German Proverbs
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She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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