A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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The garden is the poor man's apothecary. ~German Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. ~Flemish Proverb
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For me, prose walks, poetry dances. ~James Broughton
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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As I've written before, China's ability to be the assembly line to the world wasn't where its role in the global economy ended; it was where it began. An ability to make products cheaper than anywhere else gave way to an ability to make high end products more nimbly than anywhere else. ~Sarah Lacy
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French Proverb
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Justifying a fault doubles it. ~French Proverb
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Little children, headache; big children, heartache. ~Italian Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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Alone, the world offers itself freely to us. To be unmasked, it has no choice. ~Tom Robbins
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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If you are a patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. ~Chinese Proverb
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If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
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For boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson of your life, the lesson of your utter insignificance. ~Joseph Brodsky
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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The innkeeper loves the drunkard, but not for a son-in-law. ~Jewish Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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