Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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The First Amendment only says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." It can disrespect all it wants. ~P. J. O'Rourke
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Lend your money and lose your friend. ~English Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week. ~Spanish Proverb
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He was welcome everywhere he went, and was well-aware of his inability to tolerate solitude. He felt no inclination to be alone and avoided it as far as possible; he didn't really want to become any better acquainted with himself. He knew that if he wanted to show his talents to best advantage, he needed to strike sparks off other people to fan the flames of warmth and exuberance in his heart. On his own he was frosty, no use to himself at all, like a match left lying in its box. ~Stefan Zweig
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A moment of time cannot be bought by an inch of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old, yours will be new. ~Spanish Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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Life without a friend, is death without a witness. ~Spanish Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish 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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I have always been really scared of scary movies just because I live by myself; and then seeing something, then having a big imagination and then like thinking you see it in the middle of the night. So I've never been really into them. ~Ashley Tisdale
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If Heaven made him, earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb
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Truth is time's daughter. ~Spanish Proverb
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Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use. ~Edmund Burke
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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The most dangerous food is wedding cake. ~American Proverb
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Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp's nest. ~Malabar Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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In a complex and troubling world, who wouldn't want to simplify? Everybody does. Everybody wants to simplify and put up a picket fence. ~Gary Ross
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