I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better


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Don't hide your light under a bushel
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Ignorance is bliss
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The love of evil is the root of all money.
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The best things in life are free.
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Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.
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The wish is the father of the deed
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Cunning men deal in generalizations.
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Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.
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It is better to be safe than sorry.
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It's never over till it's over
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If your time ain't come not even a doctor can kill you.
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A clear conscience is a good pillow.
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Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
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Dreams are wishes your heart makes.
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You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too
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If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself.
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If you look back, you'll soon be going that way.
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If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be a part of someone else's.
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Hope is the nurse of misery.
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He that lives on hope will die fasting.
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Each day provides its own gifts.
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Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way.
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Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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Character is what you are in the dark.
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Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.
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Advice is least heeded when most needed.
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A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.
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A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
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A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.
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A good son makes a good husband.
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A contented mind is a continual feast.
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Never swap horses crossing a stream.
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If you can't lick 'em, join 'em
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Too many cooks spoil the broth
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For want of a nail the kingdom was lost
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A miss is as good as a mile
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Little pitchers have big ears
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People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
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It never rains, but it pours
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No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
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Crap or get off the pot
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Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbled over and being kicked
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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There are plenty of fish in the sea
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The worm turns
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I'd rather be dead than red
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Don't bite more than you can chew.
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No good Indian but a dead Indian
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A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.
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You made your bed, now lie in it
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The bad workman blames his tools
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Silence is golden; speech is silver
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Don't judge a book by its cover
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Take the bitter with the sweet
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Laugh alone and the world thinks you're an idiot.
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Practice what you preach
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All's fair in love and war.
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When pleasure interferes with business, give up business
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If you want anything done, give it to the busy man
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A good dog deserves a good bone
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The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
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Where there's smoke, there's fire
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Every dog is allowed one bite
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Don't give up the ship
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The more arguments you win, the less friends you will have
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Smith and Wesson or a Colt always beat four aces.
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Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
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Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.
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The pen is mightier than the sword
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Easy come, easy go
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Don't upset the apple cart
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Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
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You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear
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The cobbler should stick to it's last
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Love many, trust few and always paddle your own canoe
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It's never too late to mend your ways
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You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
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A dog is a man's best friend
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The only thing a heated argument ever produced is coolness
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I can't say I hate cats, but holy cow, dogs are a horse of another color.
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Don't whiz on the electric fence
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Once bitten, twice shy
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You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
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Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is the end of it
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If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride
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Don't change horses while crossing a stream.
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Better to be safe than sorry.
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He who hesitates is lost
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A Monday morning quarterback
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Bad news travels fast
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You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream
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Make love, not war
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The bigger they come the harder they fall
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It takes a thief to catch a thief
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Actions speak louder than words
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained
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It isn't over until the fat lady sings
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Love many, trust a few, and learn to paddle your own canoe.
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The one who pays the piper calls the tune
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A friend who shares is a friend who cares.
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No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
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It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.
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What is past and cannot be prevented should not be grieved for.
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Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
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It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.
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What the people believe is true.
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Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
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Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.
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Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.
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When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
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Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosityin the hearts of the young.
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Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
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Pray to understand what man has forgotten.
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Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
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If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
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The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
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A good chief gives, he does not take.
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A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe.
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
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There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.
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Every animal knows more than you do.
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White men have too many chiefs.
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Talk to your children while they are eating;
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
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When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
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A starving man will eat with the wolf.
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The coward shoots with shut eyes.
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Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.
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We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
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Truth does not happen, it just is.
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The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law.
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No answer is also an answer.
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A people without faith in themselves cannot survive.
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Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts.
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In age, talk; in childhood, tears.
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A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
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The greatest strength is gentleness.
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A good soldier is a poor scout.
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Our first teacher is our own heart.
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Judge not by the eye but by the heart.
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Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep.
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If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.
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It is good to tell one's heart.
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All who have died are equal.
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Treachery darkens the chain of friendship, but truth makes it brighter than ever.
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Never sit while your seniors stand.
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Knowledge that is not used is abused.
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One rain does not make a crop.
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You already possess everything necessary to become great.
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Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
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Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.
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The only things that need the protection of men are the things of men, not the things of the spirit.
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We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
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There is no death, only a change of worlds.
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The rain falls on the just and the unjust.
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Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.
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All dreams spin out from the same web.
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The one who tells the stories rules the world.
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One finger cannot lift a pebble.
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The rainbow is a sign from Him who is in all things.
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In death, I am born.
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Man has responsiblity, not power.
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They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.
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The way of the troublemaker is thorny.
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