Given the professionalism of Michigan teachers, I think they are not teaching because of the financial rewards. ~John Engler
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From our ancestors come our names, but from our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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A proverb is an ornament to language. ~Persian Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A tree falls the way it leans. ~Bulgarian Proverb
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A hand that is dirty with honest labor is fit to shake with any neighbor. ~Proverb
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A friend in need is a friend indeed. ~Chinese Proverb
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A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
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Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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A man without tattoos is invisible to the Gods. ~Iban Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Complete happiness can look so much like complete terror that its hard to tell them apart. ~Carol Plum-Ucci
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A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible. ~Welsh Proverb
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An empty belly is the best cook. ~Estonian Proverb
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A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Only if we face up to our past can we regain our credibility. If we pretend that our trust is greater than it is, we will be like someone who tries to patch over a crack. ~Desmond Tutu
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Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust. ~Rebecca West
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm. ~Dutch Proverb
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Most people don't see what's going on around them. That's my principal message to writers: "For God's sake, keep your eyes open. Notice what's going on around you." ~William S. Burroughs
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Honesty is the soul of business. ~Dutch Proverb
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Under capitalism, man exploits man; under socialism, the reverse is true. ~Polish Proverb
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