Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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If we are just specks of dust hit by lightning, if we have no spark of God in us, why not just take whatever we can and devil take the hindmost? I mean, we are fools not to do that if there is no right or wrong. ~Ben Stein
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It is not economical to go to bed early to save candles if the result is twins. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Eat little, sleep sound. ~Iranian Proverb
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. ~Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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Law is whatever is boldly asserted and plausibly maintained. ~Aaron Burr
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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A friend's eye is a good mirror. ~Irish Proverb
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My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Power changes everything till it is difficult to say who are the heroes and who the villains. ~Libba Bray
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A spender gets the property of the hoarder. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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The natural mind is ever prone to reason, when we ought to believe; to be at work, when we ought to be quiet; to go our own way, when we ought steadily to walk on in God's ways, however trying to nature. ~George Muller
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