It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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Dig the well before you are thirsty. ~Chinese Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. ~Chinese Proverbs
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know. ~English Proverb
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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If you cannot explain something to a first year student, then you haven't really understood . ~Richard P. Feynman
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. ~French Proverb
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But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought of freedom, in that hope itself possess. All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength. The scorn of danger, and united hearts. The surest presage of the good they seek. ~William Cowper
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I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses. ~Juliana Hatfield
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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs. ~German Proverb
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Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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What flowers are to gardens, spices to food, gems to a garment, and stars to heaven; such are proverbs interwoven in speech. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Proverbs are the lamps to words. ~Arabic Proverb
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Fire, water, and government know nothing of mercy. ~Proverb
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A dimple on the chin, the devil within. ~Gaelic Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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Fall seven times, stand up eight. ~Japanese Proverb
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