Most modern Indians don't stick to their caste jobs any more. There is more inter-caste marriage, more fluidity, more freedom than ever before. But the outcastes are usually still outcastes, because they are still the ones who tan India's animals, burn its dead, and remove its excrement. ~Rose George
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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From the bitterness of disease man learns the sweetness of health. ~Catalan Proverb
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There is something of a painting of a woman that represents all women; and by extension, all of humanity; that I just find very exciting. It is a nice distillation, I think, of what it means to be alive. ~Will Cotton
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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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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~Kenyan 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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They speak of my drinking, but never think of my thirst. ~Scottish Proverb
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth. ~English Proverb
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow. ~Swedish Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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The lion believes that everyone shares his state of mind. ~Spanish Proverb
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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent. ~Swedish Proverb
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The adult looks to deeds, the child to love. ~Indian Proverb
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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Of all our infirmities, the most savage is to despise our being. ~Michel de Montaigne
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People see you sing in a certain way, in a long dress, and you are put on a pedestal like you have never made a mistake in your life. ~Katherine Jenkins
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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Love me when I least deserve it, because that is when I really need it. ~Swedish Proverb
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Love gives life within. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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