A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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Appetite comes with eating. ~French Proverb
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It is not a matter of upper and lower class but of being up a while and down a while. ~Irish Proverb
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight. ~Italian Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Actions speak louder than words. ~English Proverb
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Public money is like holy water; everyone helps himself to it. ~Italian Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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A closed mouth catches no flies. ~Italian Proverb
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Those who begin many things finish but a few. ~Italian Proverb
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If nothing is going well, call your grandmother. ~Italian Proverb
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U.S. exports to China have more than quintupled since China entered the WTO and have grown more quickly than imports. In fact, China is America's fastest-growing export market. ~Henry Paulson
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They are not all saints who use holy water. ~English Proverb
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People talk about the '60s, but they were merely a mass production of what the '50s had begun. ~Peter O'Toole
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Epigrams succeed where epics fail. ~Persian Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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Give neither counsel nor salt till you are asked for it. ~Italian Proverb
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I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian. ~Michelle Hunziker
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After all the evidence is in, after you've run all the facts by everything you know, and you're still lost, you have to do some things on faith. ~Christopher Moore
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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A throne is only a bench covered with velvet. ~French Proverb
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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. ~George Bernard Shaw
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