If you must play, decide upon three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time. ~Chinese Proverb
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. ~English Proverb
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~Arabic Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks. ~Samuel P. Huntington
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Do not talk Arabic in the house of a Moor. ~Oriental Proverb
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. ~Abraham Lincoln
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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything. ~Arabic Proverb
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Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves. ~John Calvin
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint. ~Danish Proverb
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He who eats alone, coughs alone. ~Arabic Proverb
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In the 1970s, British food was beginning to get good, whereas in France it was just starting its long, sad decline. My most memorable meals, however, have been in Italy. ~Sebastian Faulks
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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Death always comes too early or too late. ~English Proverb
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Every disease is a physician. ~Irish Proverb
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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