A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse. ~Japanese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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Age is honorable and youth is noble. ~Irish Proverb
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Lack of resource has hanged many a person. ~Irish Proverb
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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 an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Funny, I don't feel any more powerful today than yesterday. ~Jerry B. Jenkins
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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. ~French Proverb
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If you will not try, you will go to your grave with your song still inside you. ~Henry David Thoreau
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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The enmity of the wise, rather than the friendship of the fool. ~Arabic Proverb
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A proverb is the child of experience. ~English Proverb
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The tongue of experience has most truth. ~Arabic Proverb
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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He who fears something gives it power over him. ~Moorish Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found only God. ~Sufi Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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