Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Do not be wise in word; be wise in deeds. ~Jewish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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The nose is for breathing, the mouth is for eating. ~Proverb
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The university's business is the conservation of useless knowledge; and what the university itself apparently fails to see is that this enterprise is not only noble but indispensable as well, that society can not exist unless it goes on. ~Albert J. Nock
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Faith, culture, structure and guidance are good things. ~Bethenny Frankel
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It is true that traditional Christianity is losing some of its appeal among Americans, but that is a religious, not political, matter. It is worth remembering that the Jeffersonian "wall of separation" between church and state has always been intended to protect the church from the state as much as the state from the church. ~Jon Meacham
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One dog barks at something, and a hundred bark at the bark. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic 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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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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