Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. ~African Proverb
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To devastate by language, to blow up the word and with it the world. ~Emile M. Cioran
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox. ~English Proverb
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Oh simple thing, where have you gone? I am getting old and I need something to rely on. So tell me when you are going to let me in. I am getting tired and I need somewhere to begin. ~Bil Keane
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An old man in love is like a flower in winter. ~Portuguese Proverb
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Cleanliness is next to godliness. ~English Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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Good advice is often annoying, bad advice never. ~French Proverb
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If you want success, be unique. ~Natalie Massenet
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And old rat is a brave rat. ~French 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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A family with an old person has a living treasure of gold. ~Chinese Proverb
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A heart in love with beauty never grows old. ~Turkish Proverb
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An angry man is full of poison. ~Confucius
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When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. ~African Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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Love's in need of love today, don't delay; send yours in right away. ~Stevie Wonder
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Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory. ~Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~East African Proverb
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You are only as old as you feel. ~English Proverb
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As the old cock crows the young cock learns. ~Irish Proverb
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