A house without a dog or a cat is the house of a scoundrel. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Worries go down better with soup. ~Jewish Proverb
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One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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Be happy while you are living, for you are a long time dead. ~Scottish Proverb
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
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We live in a world of things, and our only connection with them is that we know how to manipulate or to consume them. ~Erich Fromm
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it. ~J. G. Ballard
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look; that healthy equals beautiful. ~Victoria Principal
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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A narrow river is soon rowed, a shallow ocean measured, a small mind stirred. ~Swedish Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Fear is worse than the ordeal itself. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Both your friend and your enemy think you will never die. ~Irish Proverb
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A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest. ~Irish Proverb
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When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. ~Taoist Proverb
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When you get there, there isn't any there there. ~Zen Proverb
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Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose. ~Irish Proverb
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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