It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish 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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If you kick a stone in anger, you'll hurt your own foot. ~Korean Proverb
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We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, "What is real?" Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power. They have a lot of it. And it is an astonishing power, that of creating whole universes, universes of the mind. I ought to know. I do the same thing. ~Philip K. Dick
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Not to every face is said welcome. ~Arabic Proverb
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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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Only the crystal clear question yields a transparent answer. ~Zen Proverb
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The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, "Overwhelming feeling of dread." That was going to go over nicely. ~Anne Ursu
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~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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I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ~Samantha Stosur
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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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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He is like the perverse porter who calls upon God only when he is under the load. ~Arabic 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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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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