A nickel will get you on the subway, but garlic will get you a seat. ~American Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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There was something frantic in their blooming, as if they knew that frost was near and then the bitter cold. They'd lived through all the heat and noise and stench of summertime, and now each widely opened flower was like a triumphant cry, "We will, we will make seed before we die." ~Harriette Simpson Arnow
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I have never once resented the fact that I could not go out because of my kids. ~Mariella Frostrup
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb
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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. ~Russian Proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you read my message, it means I am cute. If you save, you agree I am cute. If you forward, you spread that I am cute and if you delete, you are jealous, because I am cute.
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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What the daughter does, the mother did. ~Jewish Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen. ~Hippocrates
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Last ship, best ship. ~English Proverb
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Native American Proverb
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A good laugh and a long sleep are two best cures in the doctor's book. ~Irish Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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I was feeling privileged and self-conscious about my life as a musician, which feels self-absorbed. I can't help it, I am a musician. This is what I do. ~Sufjan Stevens
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My father's family came from Virginia and Philadelphia. He wasn't a brother who talked a lot. He was a workingman, a quiet, blue-collar dude. ~Ice T
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And it is very sexy as well: somebody says I'm taking you on a surprise date, you don't know where you are going and you can't see and then you put your hand out and there is a tiger. Amazing. ~Emily Watson
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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