A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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Something will be there when the flood recedes. We know that. It will be those people now standing in the water, and on those rooftops, many black, many poor. Homeless. Overlooked. And it will be New Orleans, though its memory may be shortened, its self-gaze and eccentricity scoured out so that what's left is a city more like other cities, less insular, less self-regarding, but possibly more self-knowing after today. A city on firmer ground. ~Richard Ford
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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When the winds of change blow, some people build walls and others build windmills. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fortune does not come twice. Misfortune does not come alone. ~Chinese Proverb
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We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ~Native American Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same. ~Chinese Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders. ~Jewish Proverb
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Better wear out shoes than sheets. ~Scottish Proverb
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Connoisseurs think the art is already done. ~John Constable
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Better no doctor at all than three. ~Polish Proverb
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Better ask ten times than go astray once. ~Yiddish Proverb
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with. ~Thomas Fuller
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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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