Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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"Feminist comedy," practically an oxymoron, had a couple of good years after WWII. Chalk it up to the forced female autonomy that occurred during wartime, when Rosie the Riveter went to work in the factories, constructing the Allies' war machines while taking charge of the finances, the home, and the children. ~Grace Slick
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in. ~Irish Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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A dog that barks does not bite. ~Arabic Proverb
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Who gives not thanks to men, gives not thanks to God. ~Arabic Proverb
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The fraud is not complete unless it be practised upon clever and cunning persons. ~Arabic Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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I know some of you are, thinking, maybe I deserved it. But before you start pointing fingers, let me ask you. Is what I did really so bad? So bad I deserved to die? So bad I deserved to die like that? Is what I did really much worse than what anybody else does? Is it really so much worse than what you do? ~Lauren Oliver
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. ~Chinese Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani 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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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell. ~George William Russell
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
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