When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
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But the first published thing I did was a detective story, detective novel, and I did that on my own. ~Peter Shaffer
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He who cooks a bad thing, eats of it. ~Arabic Proverb
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese Proverb
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From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree. From the bamboo, learn of the bamboo. ~Zen Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal. ~Yiddish Proverb
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked. ~Chinese Proverb
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The fox has a hundred proverbs; ninety-nine are about poultry. ~Osmanli Proverb
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The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. ~Chinese Proverb
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone pushes a falling fence. ~Chinese Proverb
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When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay. ~John Schlesinger
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No doctor is better than three. ~German Proverb
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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Mother is a verb, not a noun. ~Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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Be not afraid of going slowly; be afraid only of standing still. ~Chinese Proverb
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