He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
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Listen to advice and accept correction, then in the end you will be wise. ~Proverb
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The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
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The wise person has long ears and a short tongue. ~German Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own. ~Latin Proverb
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Everyone is the age of their heart. ~Gautemalan Proverb
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A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will. ~Spanish Proverb
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The bad stuff remains with its owner until some fool comes to buy it. ~Arabic Proverb
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Porverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. ~Benjamin Franklin
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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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Loyalty, Signor Molteni, not love. Penelope is loyal to Ulysses but we do not know how far she loved him; and as you know people can sometimes be absolutely loyal without loving. In certain cases, in fact, loyalty is form of vengeance, of black-mail, of recovering one's self-respect. Loyalty, not love. ~Alberto Moravia
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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If his mouth were silent another part of him would speak. ~Arabic Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and explode outward the boundaries of what is achievable on this earth. ~Madeleine Albright
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My personal hobbies are reading, listening to music, and silence. ~Edith Sitwell
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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He who eats alone chokes alone. ~Proverb
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If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
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