A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A drink precedes a story. ~Irish Proverb
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A watched pot never boils. ~English Proverb
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor. ~English Proverb
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If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June; a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special; the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet. ~Martin Rees
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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A half doctor near is better than a whole one far away. ~German Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch 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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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
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Better a thousand times careful than once dead. ~Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. ~Kenyan proverb
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