The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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Occasionally, when I get mad at a woman, I'll do some great, awful painting about her. ~Jean-Michel Basquiat
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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In the past the great majority of minority voters, in Ohio and other places, that means African American voters, cast a large percentage of their votes during the early voting process. ~John Lewis
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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. ~Garson Kanin
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No pain, no gain; nothing ventured, nothing gained. ~Chinese Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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In culture after culture, people believe that the soul lives on after death, that rituals can change the physical world and divine the truth, and that illness and misfortune are caused and alleviated by spirits, ghosts, saints; and gods. ~Steven Pinker
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature. ~Paul Cezanne
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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. ~English Proverb
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Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. ~African Proverb
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
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The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin. ~Pope Pius IX
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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The cat was created when the lion sneezed. ~Arabic Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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