The pen is mightier than the sword. ~English Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill. ~African Proverb
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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Good sayings are like pearls strung together. ~Chinese Proverb
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All of the significant battles are waged within the self. ~Zen Proverb
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I had my nearest and most intimate glimpses of the presence of my Lord in those dread moments when musket, club or spear was being levelled at my life. ~John Gibson Paton
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Even the best needles are not sharp at both ends. ~Chinese Proverb
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"Why aren't you dead?" Will demanded. ~Cinda Williams Chima
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school. ~David Bailey
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The common sayings of the multitude are too true to be laughed at. ~Welsh Proverb
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If you are attached to anything, you surely will go far astray. ~Zen Proverb
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
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A knife wound heals, but a tongue wound festers. ~Kurdish Proverb
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Who does not thank for little, will not thank for much. ~Estonian Proverb
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From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us. ~David Antin
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Medicines are not meat to live by. ~German Proverb
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If you want a friend, be a friend. ~English Proverb
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Parents who are afraid to put their foot down usually have children who step on their toes. ~Chinese Proverb
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Four things come not back; the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, the neglected opportunity. ~Arabic Proverb
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends. ~Czech Proverb
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I was never one to go up to someone as a five- or six-year-old and say, "Hello, my name's Paul, will you be my friend?" But I found if I did an impression of the PE teacher or whatever and people laughed, then they did like me, and so then they started talking to me, rather than me making the initial overture and then maybe being rebuffed. ~Paul Merton
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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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If you cannot find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it? ~Zen Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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