No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Authors are far closer to the truths enfolded in mystery than ordinary people, because of that very audacity of imagination which irritates their plodding critics. As only those who dare to make mistakes succeed greatly, only those who shake free the wings of their imagination brush, once in a way, the secrets of the great pale world. If such writers go wrong, it is not for the mere brains to tell them so ~Gertrude Atherton
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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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Small children disturb your sleep, big children your life. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back. ~Chinese Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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While aromatherapy is practiced by medical doctors in France, this has not been the case in England and the United States. ~Robert Tisserand
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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A half truth is a whole lie. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom. ~Welsh Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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