The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African 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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Fine feathers make fine birds. ~English Proverb
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Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. ~English Proverb
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Activity breeds prosperity. ~Kurdish Proverb
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The houses of lawyers are roofed with the skins of litigants. ~Welsh Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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A healthy man is a successful man. ~French Proverb
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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I like to practise. With every new piece, you make mistakes and you learn. So it's important to get on and have another go. ~Wayne McGregor
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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The appearance of a disease is swift as an arrow; its disappearance slow, like a thread. ~Chinese Proverb
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I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK. It's not as bad as some people. When I have an idea in my head, I'm pretty stubborn. ~Julie Delpy
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time. ~Scottish Proverb
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Instead of living in the sunshine of God's forgiveness through Christ, we tend to live under an overcast sky of guilt most of the time. ~Jerry Bridges
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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The British soldier can stand up to anything except the British War Office. ~George Bernard Shaw
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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Love is a sweet tyranny, because the lover endureth his torments willingly. ~Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. ~Proverb
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