A white Christmas fills the churchyard. ~French Proverb
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Anger is a bad counselor. ~French Proverb
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. ~Sicilian Proverb
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I always had this energy level that made me want to come to New York. ~Roy Ayers
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Two wrongs don't make a right. ~English Proverb
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team. ~Jon Krakauer
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May you get to Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows you're dead. ~Irish Proverb
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No ego, no pain. ~Zen Proverb
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Listen to the sound of the river and you will get a trout. ~Irish Proverb
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Too many cooks spoil the broth. ~English Proverb
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. ~Chinese Proverb
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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For him and his brother, he now knew, that music was real. Because all you had to do, really, was be willing to use your imagination. And listen. ~Holly Goldberg Sloan
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Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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When I got my band in 1983, I knew what I had to do. If I'm going to have a big band, they're going to have to sound equally as good as what I'm used to hearing. ~Illinois Jacquet
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I have an elbow that bends the wrong way, and I'd do things like stand in an elevator and the doors would close, and I'd pretend that my arm had got caught in it, and then I'd scream, "Ow, ow, put it back!" ~Geena Davis
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul. ~Jewish Proverb
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Whenever you can, act as a liberator. Freedom, dignity, wealth; these three together constitute the greatest happiness of humanity. If you bequeath all three to your people, their love for you will never die. ~Cyrus the Great
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A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. ~Chinese Proverb
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Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
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Sometimes to keep it together you have got to leave it alone. ~Don Henley
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