God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
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He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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A cat goes to a monastery, but she still remains a cat. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow. ~Italian Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Stories are the best democracy we have. We are allowed to become the other we never dreamed we could be. ~Colum McCann
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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A penny saved is a penny earned. ~English Proverb
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A poor person is not he who has little, but he who needs a lot. ~German Proverb
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world. ~Jewish proverb
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He who takes medicine and neglects to diet wastes the skill of his doctors. ~Chinese Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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He who is not ashamed does whatever he likes. ~Arabic Proverb
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Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance; every pleasure is tasted to the full, but also every sorrow, and many who find that their wishes cannot be fulfilled, immediately put an end to their lives. ~Hermann Hesse
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