I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge. ~Iris Murdoch
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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A wise man who knows proverbs reconciles difficulties. ~Yoruba Proverb
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You're going to hear a lot from President Obama and yes, from Joe Biden, you're hearing a little bit about Medicare these days. What they will not tell you is they turned Medicare into a piggybank to fund "Obamacare." They took $716 billion dollars to pay for the "Obamacare" program. ~Paul Ryan
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A fable is a bridge which leads to truth. Follow it. ~Saudi Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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When I was a medical student in the 1950s, we practically never spoke about Alzheimer's disease. And why is that so? And that is because people didn't live long enough to have Alzheimer's disease. ~Eric Kandel
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite. ~Jorge Luis Borges
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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When a con speaks watch his hands. ~Jewish Proverb
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Two heads are better than one. ~English Proverb
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A short visit is best and that not too often. ~Irish Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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Our lives are so short. And our time on this planet is so precious. All we have is each other. ~Jacqueline Novogratz
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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Familiarity breeds contempt. ~English Proverb
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Bad as I like ye, it's worse without ye. ~Irish Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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