Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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When the head aches, all the body is the worse. ~English Proverb
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The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy. ~William Falconer
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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Two guests cannot be entertained satisfactorily at the same time. ~African Proverb
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A live dog is better than a dead lion. ~Irish Proverb
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The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth. ~Chinese Proverb
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He knew he should have counted. It was the rule to count to ten in his head before he opened his mouth. It was the rule to count to ten if he wanted to smash a man in the face for saying something he didn't like. It was the rule to count to ten if instinct wasn't needed, but common sense was. ~Melina Marchetta
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Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree. ~Ethiopian Proverb
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If you were to open up a baby's head, and I am not for a moment suggesting that you should; you would find nothing but an enormous drool gland. ~Dave Barry
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Be a master of the mind,not mastered by the mind. ~Zen Proverb
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Ideas for gadgets for the disabled were coming into my head so fast they seemed to be arriving from somewhere outside of me, beamed down by an unremitting force. I had little control over them, or their flow. I would wake up in the middle of the night. A blinding flash of an idea would rouse me from my bed and I'd rush down to my workshop to have a go at it before the inspiration dimmed. ~Trevor Baylis
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Maybe love was superstition, a prayer we said to keep the truth of loneliness at bay. I tilted my head back. The stars looked like they were close together, when really they were millions of miles apart. In the end, maybe love just meant longing for something impossibly bright and forever out of reach. ~Leigh Bardugo
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. ~Chinese Proverb
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Advice given in the midst of a crowd, is loathsome. ~Arabic Proverb
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No man drowns if he perseveres in praying to God, and can swim. ~Russian Proverb
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The silent man is the best to listen to. ~Japanese Proverb
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A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
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Find a good teacher that will keep the game fun. Work hard and don't be afraid to have success or disappointment. That is what golf is all about. ~Paula Creamer
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Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. ~Jose Marti
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Hold a true friend with both your hands. ~Nigerian Proverb
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The mare is not to be valued according to its housings and its ornaments in front. ~Arabic Proverb
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No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place. ~Zen Proverb
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