One can bend young twigs, not old trees.


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We didn't even know what trees are here, ... They've got trees there. What we have are twigs.
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Be flexible like trees; when the wind blows bend, but do not break.
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To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that on...
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To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that on...
MAXWELL MALTZ
Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
LATIN PROVERB
One day can bend your life.
MITCH ALBOM
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
OSCAR WILDE
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young
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The tragedy of growing old is not that one is old but that one is young.
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DAVE CLARK
The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb.
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Big trees have more leaves to trap air pollution and transpire water into the air. They have more ro...
DEBORAH GANGLOFF
As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
CICERO
Trees there were, old as trees can be, huge and grasping with hearts black as sin. Strange trees tha...
NEIL GAIMAN
To remain young one must change. The perpetual campus hero is not a young man but an old boy.
ALEXANDER CHASE
The oaks with solemnity shook their heads; The twigs of the birch-trees, in token Of warning, ...
HEINRICH HEINE
I bend but do not break.
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
I bend and do not break
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An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when cross...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
I live on a big old Dutch barge by Tower Hill on the Thames.
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There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share powe...
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
NATALIE CLIFFORD BARNEY
Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.
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Swords can win territories but not hearts, forces can bend heads but not minds.
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Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
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A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
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There ain't a lady livin' in the land / As I'd swop for my dear old Dutch!
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How young can you die of old age?
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How young can you die of old age?
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Old and young disbelieve one another's truths.
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A wicked book cannot repent.
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Take the dead from the dead, the old proverb said; only a corpse may speak true prophecy.
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These trees and these old people have one thing in common - they're both going in the ground soon!
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Young designers don't grow on trees.
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One beggar at the door is enough. French Proverb
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Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
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By labor fire is got out of stone.
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In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
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Prevention is better than cure.
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Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.
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Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones.
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He who throws a ball should expect it back.
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Faith is good, but it is better to check.
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He sleeps with the bride.
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It are not the bad apples that wasps eat.
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It is not about the marbles, but about the game
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You can't hatch chickens from fried eggs
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One should not hatch all eggs under the same hen.
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To get eggs there must be some cackling
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The soup is never eaten as hot as it was served.
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You can not pick a bald chicken
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One should not wake a sleeping dog.
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You should shave your sheep when they have wool.
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It is better to confess under the gallows, then not at all
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The geese are fed, but you have to pluck them
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It is better to remove the beam from your eye, before you remove the splinter from someone elses.
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Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it.
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Hunger makes raw beans taste sweet.
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To eat from both shores
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You can't bake an omelet without breaking an egg
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Cucumbers are like virgins, they do not keep long
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Neighbours grass is always greener.
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Visitors and fish, remain fresh for 3 days.
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He is in beans, but picks peas
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He has a hart of gold
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If Moses is not coming to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Moses
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There are no better masters than poverty and wants.
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Time slides like sand through your fingers.
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When the cat is not home, the mice will dance on the table.
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He waits long that waits for another man's death
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To promise a lot, and give a litte, make a fool live happily.
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If the cock does not crow before sunset,it either will rain the next day, or the cock is dead.
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It is lonely at the top.
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He who sow wind, will harvest storm
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No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains
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Honesty is the soul of business
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Opportunity creates desire.
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Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm
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Anger is a short madness
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Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.
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A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea
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man suffers most from the suffering he fears, but never appears, therefore he suffers more then god ...
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Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.
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A beautiful woman is never exclusive.
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Life is a gift, but you do not get it for free
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A tree does not fall at it's first cut
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Attack makes the best defense
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Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
DUTCH PROVERB
By labor fire is got out of stone.
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In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.
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Prevention is better than cure.
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Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.
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Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones.
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He who throws a ball should expect it back.
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Faith is good, but it is better to check.
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He sleeps with the bride.
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It are not the bad apples that wasps eat.
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It is not about the marbles, but about the game
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You can't hatch chickens from fried eggs
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One should not hatch all eggs under the same hen.
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To get eggs there must be some cackling
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The soup is never eaten as hot as it was served.
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You can not pick a bald chicken
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One should not wake a sleeping dog.
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You should shave your sheep when they have wool.
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It is better to confess under the gallows, then not at all
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The geese are fed, but you have to pluck them
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It is better to remove the beam from your eye, before you remove the splinter from someone elses.
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Wisdom is a good purchase, though we pay dear for it.
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Hunger makes raw beans taste sweet.
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To eat from both shores
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You can't bake an omelet without breaking an egg
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Cucumbers are like virgins, they do not keep long
DUTCH PROVERB
Neighbours grass is always greener.
DUTCH PROVERB
Visitors and fish, remain fresh for 3 days.
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He is in beans, but picks peas
DUTCH PROVERB
He has a hart of gold
DUTCH PROVERB
If Moses is not coming to the mountain, then the mountain will come to Moses
DUTCH PROVERB
There are no better masters than poverty and wants.
DUTCH PROVERB
Time slides like sand through your fingers.
DUTCH PROVERB
When the cat is not home, the mice will dance on the table.
DUTCH PROVERB
He waits long that waits for another man's death
DUTCH PROVERB
To promise a lot, and give a litte, make a fool live happily.
DUTCH PROVERB
If the cock does not crow before sunset,it either will rain the next day, or the cock is dead.
DUTCH PROVERB
It is lonely at the top.
DUTCH PROVERB
He who sow wind, will harvest storm
DUTCH PROVERB
No one can have peace longer than his neighbor pleases
DUTCH PROVERB
A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains
DUTCH PROVERB
Honesty is the soul of business
DUTCH PROVERB
Opportunity creates desire.
DUTCH PROVERB
Coffee has two virtues: it is wet and warm
DUTCH PROVERB
Anger is a short madness
DUTCH PROVERB
Words are dwarfs, deeds are giants.
DUTCH PROVERB
A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea
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man suffers most from the suffering he fears, but never appears, therefore he suffers more then god ...
DUTCH PROVERB
Promises make debt, and debt makes promises.
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A beautiful woman is never exclusive.
DUTCH PROVERB
Life is a gift, but you do not get it for free
DUTCH PROVERB
A tree does not fall at it's first cut
DUTCH PROVERB
Attack makes the best defense
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Patience and grass will become milk.
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A beautiful woman and a wooden boat are very expensive in maintenance.
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He who never tickles himself, never laughs
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He who has butter on his head, should stay out of the sun.
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A young bum, makes an old beggar.
DUTCH PROVERB
Pick the rose, not the thorns
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Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.
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Many become brave when the fiend flees.
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The hunt is better then the prey.
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The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor
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Even clean apples can be sour.
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To grab a cow by the horns
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Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
DUTCH PROVERB
We grow too soon old and too late smart
DUTCH PROVERB
Better lose the anchor than the whole ship
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No matter how fast a lie is, the truth will catch up with her.
DUTCH PROVERB
You can't share loneliness.
DUTCH PROVERB
The tree of revenge does not carry fruit
DUTCH PROVERB
Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain
DUTCH PROVERB
Men should be like coffee, hot sweet and strong
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It is better to remove the weeds from your own garden, before you start with your neighbours.
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When you want to marry a prince you will have to kiss many frogs.
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When two quarrel, both are to blame
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Many small streams make one big river.
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Pick the goose as long as it has feathers
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A donkey usually does not hit his foot twice to the same stone.
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Barking dogs won't bite.
DUTCH PROVERB
We get too soon old and too late smart. -Pennsylvania Dutch proverb.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food...
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
I believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act must be reformed. We must improve the Ameri...
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
We read a lot, talked a lot and traveled a good bit, ... He was a terrifically interesting guy.
DUTCH SCHULTZ
He had a really lovely life. We had lots of fun, ... He was a man with a great spirit.
DUTCH SCHULTZ
P of what al Qaeda tries to do, and terrorists, is disrupt. Americans should live their lives just a...
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
Al Qaeda will always focus on us, the United States. And they will take advantage of any situation.
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
The United States can't be sheriff of the whole world.
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
I think president after president has always stood behind Israel. We always will. They're our al...
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
I think Iran is a very dangerous country - very dangerous to Israel, to the Middle East, and also to...
DUTCH RUPPERSBERGER
Nothing is difficult to those who have the will.
DUTCH POET'S SOCIETY
A foolish man tells a woman to stop talking, but a wise man tells her that her mouth is extremely be...
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To know and not to do is not to know
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
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The time to make friends is before you need them.
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Short judgments make long friends.
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It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
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A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
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Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
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Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
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From small beginnings come great things.
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Some will, some don't, so what!
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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
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Try and trust will move mountains.
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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
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A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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All sins cast long shadows.
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Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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A silent mouth is melodious.
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Silence implies consent.
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The Laws of Clothing Shopping:
If you like it, they don't have it in your size.
If you like it...
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Shame is worse than death.
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God likes help when helping people.
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One is rated by others as he rates himself.
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Attack is the best form of defense.
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Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
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A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
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When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
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It is better to be safe than sorry.
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Better to be safe than sorry.
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Kings have many ears and eyes.
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It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
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Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Cunning surpasses strength.
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What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dr...
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The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with th...
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A good speaker makes a good liar.
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Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
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When at a loss how to go on, cough.
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Speak when you are spoken to.
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Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
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The less people think the more they talk.
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Speak little and to the purpose.
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Speak and the man shall be shown.
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The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
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A little body often harbors a great soul.
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Life without a friend is death without a witness.
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The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
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You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
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Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know h...
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Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
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What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
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Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
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He has hard work who has nothing to do.
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How beautiful is it to do nothing, and then rest afterward.
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Rest breeds rust.
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The burden one likes is cheerfully carried.
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If you steal something small you are a petty thief, but if you steal millions you are a gentleman of...
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Respect starts with yourself.
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He who is near the Church is often far from God.
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Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy.
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An advantage of poverty, your relatives gain nothing by your death.
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Some who will not speak against another, in the end does them harm.
PROVERB
Rebuke with soft words and hard arguments.
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Rebuke should have a grain more of salt than of sugar.
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Private reproof is the best grave for private faults.
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By continually scolding someone, they in time become accustomed to it and despise your reproof.
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The one who pleased everybody died before they were born.
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Reason is the wise man's guide, example the fool's.
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A wicked book cannot repent.
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The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
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Don't buy the house, buy the neighborhood.
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Nothing weights lighter than a promise.
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
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There are no greater promisers than those who have nothing to give.
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Live to live and you will learn to live.
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Every convenience brings its own inconveniences along with it.
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No gain is so certain as that which proceeds from the economical use of what you already have.
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What is an expert? Someone who is twenty miles from home.
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Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.
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He who begins and does not finish loves their pains.
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We hate delays by others, but sometimes it makes us wise.
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One of these days, is none of these days.
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Begin to weave and God will give the thread.
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Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.
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Manana is often the busiest day of the week.
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Where there are no tigers, a wild cat is very self-important.
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Pride and poverty don't get along, but often live together.
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None are more haughty than a common place person raised to power.
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Today must not borrow from tomorrow.
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Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.
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Pray to God but continue to row to the shore.
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When we take one step toward to God, he takes seven steps toward us.
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One hour in the execution of justice is worth seventy years of prayer.
PROVERB
No one can pray well, but those who live well.
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Short prayers reach heaven.
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People blame themselves for the purpose of being praised.
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Praise makes good people better and bad people worse.
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Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.
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Practice is the best master.
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The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.
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Force without forecast is to little avail.
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