As the big hound is, so will the pup be. ~Irish Proverb
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Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you've found some way to educate yourself about engineering, stocks, or whatever it is, good employers will have some type of exam or interview and see a sample of your work. ~Bill Gates
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ~Chinese Proverb
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They don't make coats for this kind of cold. ~Ryan Adams
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Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Men can bear all things except good days. ~Dutch Proverbs
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters. ~Portuguese Proverbs
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
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Three things see no end. A flower blighted ere it bloomed. A message that was wasted. And a journey that was doomed. ~Mercedes Lackey
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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We can't afford as a nation; not because of money but because of our social fabric; to have large numbers of people who are not working. ~Donna Shalala
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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When fate arrives the physician becomes a fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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If you are a host to your guest, be a host to his dog also. ~Russian Proverb
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Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is. ~Mos Def
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