After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box. ~Italian Proverb
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Maine out of season is unmistakably a great destination; hospitable, good humored, plenty of elbow room, short days, dark nights of crackling ice crystals. ~Paul Theroux
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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Do not let yesterday use up too much of today. ~Native American Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out. ~Russian Proverb
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God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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I keep my house tidy, because then I can think clearly. I feel the same about myself. Presenting yourself well is a working-class thing; my dad was a printer, but he wore a tie most days. The ungroomed look belongs more to the middle classes. ~Gary Kemp
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. ~Abraham Lincoln
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I'm a mixed race lad from Liverpool. I get to play a lot of hard characters, and some people perceive that's what I'm like, but it's great for me 'cos they're always the most interesting characters. ~Stephen Graham
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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