Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together. ~Proverb
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese. ~Zen Proverb
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If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. ~African Proverb
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No road is long with good company. ~Turkish Proverb
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I am not a fan of what we call "friendly fire" or "blue on blue." We don't want to have that. ~Tommy Franks
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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 mind of the polyglot is a very particular thing, and scientists are only beginning to look closely at how acquiring a second language influences learning, behavior and the very structure of the brain itself. ~Jeffrey Kluger
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Hope is the physician of each misery. ~Irish Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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One can pay back the loan of gold, but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind. ~Malayan Proverb
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Translation is not a matter of words only, it is a matter of making intelligible a whole culture. ~Anthony Burgess
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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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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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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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Do not water your weeds. ~Proverb
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A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. ~George Stigler
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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