A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths. ~Chinese Proverb
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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Promise little and do much. ~Hebrew Proverb
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I don't believe in the clash of cultures. The culture is one. The culture is a ring off the same chain. Picasso was very much influenced by the African arts, and he influenced a whole other generation of artists. So everything influences everything. ~Marjane Satrapi
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better. But every time I hear my flow on that song I wow myself. ~Tyler The Creator
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Democracy is the best chance for the best people. ~Robert Frost
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The trauma said. Don't write these poems. Nobody wants to hear you cry about the grief inside your bones. ~Andrea Gibson
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Indecision is like a stepchild; if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water. ~African Proverb
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens. ~African Proverb
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The key to ending extreme poverty is to enable the poorest of the poor to get their foot on the ladder of development. The ladder of development hovers overhead, and the poorest of the poor are stuck beneath it. They lack the minimum amount of capital necessary to get a foothold, and therefore need a boost up to the first rung. ~Jeffrey Sachs
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No physician is really good before he has killed one or two patients. ~Hindu Proverb
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice when most needed is least heeded. ~English 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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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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A woman either hates or loves, there is no third course. ~Latin Proverb
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A broken hand works, but not a broken heart. ~Persian Proverb
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The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent. ~Thomas E. Sniegoski
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small. ~African Proverb
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A man without a wife is like a vase without flowers. ~African Proverb
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