A fast is better than a bad meal. ~Irish Proverb
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A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment. ~American Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people. ~Chinese Proverb
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God help the rich man, let the poor man beg. ~English Proverb
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Keep a thing for seven years and you will find a use for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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A lock is better than suspicion. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~African Proverb
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises. ~Dutch Proverb
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. ~Chinese Proverb
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An Englishman will burn his bed to catch a flea. ~Turkish Proverb
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
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Better bread with water than cake with trouble. ~Russian Proverb
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The greatest parts, without discretion as observed by an elegant writer, may be fatal to their owner; as Polyphemus, deprived of his eyes, was only the more exposed on account of his enormous strength and stature. ~Joseph Addison
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. ~English Proverb
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A life without love is like a year without summer. ~Swedish Proverb
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If I die, I forgive you. If I live, we shall see. ~Spanish Proverb
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