Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart. ~Arabic Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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Coffee should be: black as hell, strong as death, sweet as love. ~Turkish Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway. ~Johnny Vegas
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
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Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox. ~Anna Howard Shaw
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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To change and to change for the better are two different things. ~German Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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A picture is worth a thousand words. ~English Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. ~Chinese Proverb
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Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. ~Swedish Proverb
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Luck never gives; it only lends. ~Swedish Proverb
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The greatest gift is a passion for reading. It is cheap, it consoles, it distracts, it excites, it gives you knowledge of the world and experience of a wide kind. It is a moral illumination. ~Elizabeth Hardwick
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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