A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided to.
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I could have closed down bits of British Home Stores to make more money but it's not my style. I want to make my money as a retailer, not by putting people out of work. ~Philip Green
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Good luck beats early rising. ~Irish Proverb
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In whatever man does without God, he must fail miserably, or succeed more miserably. ~George MacDonald
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After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. ~English Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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Luck is infatuated with the efficient. ~Persian Proverb
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body. ~Latin Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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I'm like the luckiest girl in the world. I've gotten to be a princess, I've gotten to work with the Muppets. A lot of my childhood dreams about who I wanted to be when I was a grown-up, I at least get to play them in movies. ~Amy Adams
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No matter who you are, there is always some part of you that wishes you were someone else, and when, for a millisecond, you get that wish, it's a miracle. ~Jodi Picoult
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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The grave is a very small hillock, but we can see farther from it, when standing on it, than from the highest mountain in all the world. ~August Tholuck
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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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