Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses. ~English Proverb
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. ~English Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
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In teaching others we teach ourselves. ~English Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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A good companion shortens the longest road. ~Kurdish Proverb
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At somewhere around 10 syllables, the English poetic line is at its most relaxed and manageable. ~James Fenton
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The modern haematologist, instead of describing in English what he can see, prefers to describe in Greek what he can't. ~Richard Asher
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A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense. ~American Proverb
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Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
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I need to be in a stable environment right now in my career. What I mean by that is a place where I can play and not have too much pressure on me and a place I can develop. Monaco wanted me and did whatever they could to get me so I feel very very good about that. ~Freddy Adu
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In my home country, there was a little shop with old books, but it was really in the countryside. You couldn't find English books. I found this very avant-garde American art book that had information about Georgia O'Keeffe. I was very much impressed by her. ~Yayoi Kusama
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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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It is better to conceal one's knowledge than to reveal one's ignorance. ~Spanish Proverb
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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
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Instead of complaining that the rosebush is full of thorns, be happy that the thorn bush has roses. ~Proverb
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. ~Kirk Hammett
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The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists. ~Japanese Proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read. ~Japanese Proverb
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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It is better to be born a beggar than a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Think much, speak little, write less. ~French Proverb
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