A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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Silence is a fence around wisdom. ~German Proverb
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ~English Proverb
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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand days as lamb. ~Roman Proverb
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Love, pregnancy and riding on a camel cannot be hid. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb
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Lives of nations are determined not by the count of years, but by the lifetime of the human spirit. The life of a man is three-score years and ten: a little more, a little less. The life of a nation is the fullness of the measure of its will to live. ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. ~Indian Proverb
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You will never enjoy the sweetness of a quiet prayer unless you shut your mind to all worldly desires and temporal affairs. ~Norbert of Xanten
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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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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Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head. ~Proverb
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Promises are like the full moon, if they are not kept at once they diminish day by day. ~German Proverb
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Fasting today makes the food good tomorrow. ~German Proverb
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Honesty is the best privacy policy. ~Internet Proverb
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Don't imitate the fly before you have wings. ~French Proverb
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Charity sees the need, not the cause. ~German Proverb
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My second grade teacher told me I would never graduate high school. That I was going to be a juvenile delinquent. ~Miles Teller
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A man's heart changes as often as does the autumn sky. ~Japanese Proverb
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Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
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No social ties can be formed in the absence of alcohol. ~Chinese Proverb
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