A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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Nothing got without pains but an ill name and long nails. ~Scottish Proverb
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You can trust the promise of this opening. Unfurl yourself into the grace of beginning. That is at one with your life's desire. ~John O'Donohue
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Do not beat the wolf, and do not cause hunger to the sheep. ~Arabic Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator, speechmaker, and occasional writer. I was no longer a practitioner, but I was still a partisan, a Democrat, a blue-stater through and through. ~Dee Dee Myers
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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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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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Death pays all debts. ~English Proverb
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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Be diligent, and God will send profit. ~Arabic Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Good as drink is, it ends in thirst. ~Irish Proverb
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ~George Bernard Shaw
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Advice should be viewed from behind. ~Swedish Proverb
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Very often I'll find out at the end of a book what I put in at the beginning. A sort of process of elimination and discovery in one. ~Jonathan Carroll
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The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone. ~William Beveridge
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The man who would choose security over freedom deserves neither. ~Thomas Jefferson
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