Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. ~Spanish Proverb
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A drowning man is not troubled by rain. ~Persian Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In our racist, sexist society, Christmas is the eight hours when we stop killing each other and gratuitous overeating is encouraged so that the starving and other people in the world can die! ~Lloyd Kaufman
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Even the goats will jump on a slanted tree. ~Polish Proverb
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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Tiles tiles tiles.

The journey is the reward. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck has a slender anchorage. ~English Proverb
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The footprint of the owner is the best manure. ~English Proverb
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Don’t quote your proverb till you bring your ship into port. ~Gaelic Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Not until down people sleep best, not until they become old they get wise. ~Chinese Proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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I did climb about 80 buildings around the world and I climbed even the five tallest. ~Alain Robert
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Good people get cheated, just as good horses get ridden. ~Chinese Proverb
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If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! ~William Makepeace Thackeray
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A family in harmony will prosper in everything. ~Chinese Proverb
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Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change. ~Buddhist Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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