A dead man is mourned seven days; a fool, his whole lifetime. ~Yiddish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit. ~American Proverb
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A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
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A foolish woman knows a foolish man's faults. ~Irish Proverb
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A fool and his money are easily parted. ~Irish Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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The best argument against democracy is a five minute conversation with the average voter. ~Winston Churchill
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When sleeping women wake, mountains move. ~African Proverb
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Life is half spent before one knows what life is. ~French Proverb
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He makes his home where the living is best. ~Latin Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are. ~Zen Proverb
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A cat has nine lives. ~Proverb
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But every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood. ~Betsy Lerner
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It is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. ~Jane Austen
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To lengthen your life, shorten your meals. ~Proverb
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The desert tells a different story every time one ventures on it. ~Robert Edison Fulton
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Taste it and you will get a desire for it. ~Irish Proverb
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Whom drink made wits, though nature made them fools. ~Charles Churchill
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Before you love, learn to run through the snow leaving no footprint. ~Turkish Proverb
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Be brothers, and keep between you the accounts of merchants. ~Arabic Proverb
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Beggars can't be choosers. ~English Proverb
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A good horse will never return to graze on grass it has already passed by. ~Chinese Proverb
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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