Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Let your love be like the misty rains, coming softly, but flooding the river. ~Malagasy Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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It is no use to wait for your ship to come in unless you have sent one out. ~Belgian Proverb
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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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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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I live for now, not for what happens after I die. ~Liam Gallagher
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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You see a hockey player, you'd never know he's a professional athlete. But you put the skates on him, and he becomes a beast. ~Junior Seau
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Today, in the Internet gold rush, so many people go into dot-com jobs right from school or even before finishing. Their motivation is understandable, but sometimes they just lack experience. ~Mitch Kapor
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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God heals, and the physician takes the fee. ~French Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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Never kick a cow chip on a hot day. ~Proverb
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple. ~Japanese Proverb
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