The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill. ~English Proverb
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Haste makes waste. ~Chinese Proverb
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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If you don't want anyone to find out, don't do it. ~Chinese Proverb
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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. ~Chinese Proverb
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The eye never forgets what the heart has seen. ~African Proverb
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The first step binds one to the second. ~French Proverb
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All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some gratification, while anger and pride have power, even though that power eventually destroys itself. Envy is impotent, numbed with fear, never ceasing in its appetite, and it knows no gratification, but endless self torment. It has the ugliness of a trapped rat, which gnaws its own foot in an effort to escape. ~Angus Wilson
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My dad loved comedians, especially George Jessel, and he loved Henny Youngman and Buddy Hackett. ~Al Franken
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Musically, I have more things in common with tons of bands that have no female members. ~St. Vincent
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A forest is in an acorn. ~Proverb
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A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
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Life begins the day you start a garden. ~Chinese Proverb
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The rain follows after the forest. ~Hawaiian Proverb
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No one can advise or help you; no one. There is only one thing you should do. Go into yourself. Search for the reason that bids you write, find out wether it spreading out its root in the deepest places of your heart. Delve into yourself for a deep answer ~Rainer Maria Rilke
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Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade. ~English Proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out. ~Chinese Proverb
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. ~Tom Petty
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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A good maxim is never out of season. ~English Proverb
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An apt quotation is as good as an original remark. ~Proverb
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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A ring on a good woman's finger is no good without a blouse on her back. ~Irish Proverb
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