Proverbs are the daughters of daily experience. ~Dutch Proverb
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The gatekeepers are worse than the directors. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
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I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree. ~Caroline Knapp
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He who knows how to live, knows enough. ~Spanish Proverb
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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is not enough for a man to know how to ride; he must know how to fall. ~Mexican 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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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you do not wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. ~Senegalese Proverb
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There is no right to deny freedom to any object with a mind advanced enough to grasp the concept and desire the state. ~Isaac Asimov
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The obstacle is the path. ~Zen Proverb
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She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman. ~Oscar Wilde
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Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. ~James Thurber
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Time gives good advice. ~Proverb
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It is no easy task to lead men. But it is easy enough to drive them. ~Rabindranath Tagore
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She didn't want to think about how wrong this was or how foolish it was to give herself to a known seducer. Because tonight Oliver wasn't that man. Not to her. He was the boy who'd cried over his dead mother, the young man who'd lost himself in drink and women to forget the past, the marquess who'd vowed not to marry for money. He was the man to be her lover. ~Sabrina Jeffries
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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When the boy is growing, he has a wolf in his belly. ~German Proverb
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There is a curious relationship between a candidate and the reporters who cover him. It can be affected by small things like a competent press staff, enough seats, sandwiches and briefings and the ability to understand deadlines. ~Ronald Steel
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I am having a good time doing nothing. ~Phylicia Rashad
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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them. ~German Proverb
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