He is not wise that is not wise for himself. ~English Proverb
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The woman who tells her age is either too young to have anything to lose or too old to have anything to gain. ~Chinese Proverb
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Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
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You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. ~Proverb
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Pass the bridge that your kinsmen have passed. ~Azerbaijani Proverb
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. ~Taoist Proverb
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Clogs to clogs in three generations. ~English Proverb
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But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
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Every dog hath its day. ~English Proverb
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Two lovers in the rain have no need of an umbrella. ~Japanese Proverb
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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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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty. ~Japanese Proverb
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Life is the only thing worth living for. ~Zen Proverb
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If a man does only what is required of him, he is a slave. If a man does more than is required of him, he is a free man. ~Chinese Proverb
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How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterwards. ~Spanish Proverb
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No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
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The success of the dinner depends as much upon the company as the cook. Discordant elements, people invited alphabetically, or to pay off debts, are fatal. ~Ward McAllister
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In the Negro countenance you will often meet with strong traits of benignity. I have felt yearnings of tenderness towards some of these faces. ~Charles Lamb
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin
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Young twigs will bend but not old trees. ~Dutch Proverb
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