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There are three things that can destroy a preacher, the glory, the gold, and the girls.


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AMERICAN PROVERB If you look back, you'll soon be going that way.
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AMERICAN PROVERB Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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AMERICAN PROVERB Advice is least heeded when most needed.
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AMERICAN PROVERB A harvest of peace is produced from a seed of contentment.
AMERICAN PROVERB A good son makes a good husband.
AMERICAN PROVERB A contented mind is a continual feast.
AMERICAN PROVERB Never swap horses crossing a stream.
AMERICAN PROVERB If you can't lick 'em, join 'em
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AMERICAN PROVERB For want of a nail the kingdom was lost
AMERICAN PROVERB A miss is as good as a mile
AMERICAN PROVERB Little pitchers have big ears
AMERICAN PROVERB People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
AMERICAN PROVERB It never rains, but it pours
AMERICAN PROVERB No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
AMERICAN PROVERB Crap or get off the pot
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AMERICAN PROVERB Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
AMERICAN PROVERB There are plenty of fish in the sea
AMERICAN PROVERB The worm turns
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AMERICAN PROVERB Eat, drink, and be merry. For tomorrow we die.
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AMERICAN PROVERB Easy come, easy go
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't upset the apple cart
AMERICAN PROVERB Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
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AMERICAN PROVERB The cobbler should stick to it's last
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AMERICAN PROVERB What's good for the goose is good for the gander
AMERICAN PROVERB It's never too late to mend your ways
AMERICAN PROVERB You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
AMERICAN PROVERB I am just as good as you are, and a damned sight better
AMERICAN PROVERB A dog is a man's best friend
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AMERICAN PROVERB Don't whiz on the electric fence
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AMERICAN PROVERB He who hesitates is lost
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AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Pray to understand what man has forgotten.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A good chief gives, he does not take.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe.
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AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB White men have too many chiefs.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Talk to your children while they are eating;
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AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A starving man will eat with the wolf.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The coward shoots with shut eyes.
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AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB We do not inherit the land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Truth does not happen, it just is.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB The supreme law of the land is the Great Spirit's law, not man's law.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB No answer is also an answer.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A people without faith in themselves cannot survive.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Work hard, keep the ceremonies, live peaceably, and unite your hearts.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB In age, talk; in childhood, tears.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
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AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB A good soldier is a poor scout.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Our first teacher is our own heart.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Judge not by the eye but by the heart.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB It is good to tell one's heart.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB All who have died are equal.
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AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Knowledge that is not used is abused.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB One rain does not make a crop.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB You already possess everything necessary to become great.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
AMERICAN INDIAN PROVERB Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.
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