Trust the tale, not the teller. ~David Knopfler
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What is told in the ear of a man is often heard hundred miles away. ~Chinese Proverb
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. ~Spanish Proverb
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A little dog can start a hare, but it takes a big one to catch it. ~Irish Proverb
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It takes time to build castles. Rome was not built in a day. ~Irish Proverb
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Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men. ~Chinese Proverb
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Always leave a little room for a mistake. ~Chinese Proverb
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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Gossip is hardly uplifting. ~Ginger Rogers
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw. ~Oliver Goldsmith
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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I guess you can stay sort of true to the story; you don't have to artificially bring the character back from whatever doom you've designed for them, you can tell the story, I suppose, honestly. ~Garth Ennis
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A courtyard common to all will be swept by none. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no burnt rice to a hungry person. ~Philippine Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. ~Chinese Proverb
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A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty; it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it. ~George Eliot
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do not trust the emir if his vizir cheat thee. ~Arabic Proverb
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