A wise man hears one word and understands two. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Do not speak unless you can improve on the silence. ~Spanish Proverb
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Honestly, for an evil god of darkness, he certainly can be dull. ~Brandon Sanderson
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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after. ~Slovenian Proverb
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The best place for criticism is in front of the mirror. ~English Proverb
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There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
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The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge, but imagination. ~Albert Einstein
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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If, in our world, there is any chance of becoming the person you haven't yet become... will I know how to seize that chance, turn my life into a garden that will be completely different from my forebears'? ~Muriel Barbery
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It's hard to maintain both smack and crack habits and remember to keep up mobile-phone payments. ~Irvine Welsh
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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That is one of the things about going on tour, that I get to work with some really talented people and it allows me to be able to listen to them as well; and just have fun on stage. ~Joan Armatrading
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It is better to trust the eyes rather than the ears. ~German Proverb
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I love layers! ~Alexander Wang
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Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
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A teacher is better than two books. ~German Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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What is so real as the cry of a child? A rabbit's cry may be wilder but it has no soul. ~Sylvia Plath
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A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter is a daughter the rest of your life. ~Proverb
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Blue eyes say, "Love me or I die." Black eyes say, "Love me or I kill thee." ~Spanish Proverb
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