Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come. ~Chinese Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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A man’s life is often builded on a proverb. ~Hebrew Proverb
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One who walks in another's tracks leaves no footprints. ~Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. ~Edward Young
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Success is a ladder you cannot climb with your hands in your pockets. ~American Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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God is good, but never dance in a small boat. ~Irish Proverb
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There is nothing Dutch about my architecture. ~Rem Koolhaas
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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A good denial, the best point in law. ~Irish Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. ~American Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Friendship is a furrow in the sand. ~Tongan Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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My husband and I go to Il Fico every Friday, and I get the whole-wheat pizza. I won't eat pizza anywhere else! ~Kelly Wearstler
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish 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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Chess is a sea in which a gnat may drink and an elephant may bathe. ~Indian Proverb
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