No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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The hardest work is to go idle. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own. ~Chinese Proverb
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A cat is a tiger that is fed by hand. ~Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. ~Latin Proverb
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A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. ~Arab 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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Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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Drinking a daily cup of tea will surely starve the apothecary. ~Chinese Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you care about the people you work with then you work harder. ~Kristine Lilly
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your mother and all things as your brothers and sisters. ~Native American Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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That is a valiant flea that dares eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion. ~William Shakespeare
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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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Don't bargain for fish which are still in the water. ~Indian 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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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness. ~Yotam Ottolenghi
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