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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
—Chinese proverb
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A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.
—German proverb
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A good workman is known by his tools.
—proverb
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A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public
opinion.
—Chinese proverb
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After the game the king and the pawn go in the same box.
—Italian proverb
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After three days without reading, talk becomes flavorless.
—Chinese proverb
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All the world is queer save me and thee; and sometimes I think thee a
little queer.
—Quaker saying
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An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning.
—proverb
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Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
—Scottish proverb
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By nature all men are alike, but by education widely different.
—Chinese proverb
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Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
—Indian proverb
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Confucius say too much.
—recent Chinese proverb
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Disease can be cured; fate is incurable.
—Chinese proverb
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Examine what is said, not who speaks.
—Arabian proverb
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First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
—Greek saying
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From a fallen tree, all make kindling.
—Spanish proverb
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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
—Jewish proverb
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God gave man two ears and one tongue so that we listen twice as much as we
speak.
—Arab proverb
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He that plants trees loves others besides himself.
—English proverb
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a
fool forever.
—Chinese proverb
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He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.
—Russian proverb
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If happiness is in your destiny, you need not be in a hurry.
—Chinese proverb
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If there is no wind, row.
—Polish proverb
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If you believe everything you read, better not read.
—Japanese proverb
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If you can talk, you can sing. If you can walk, you can dance.
—African proverb
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If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.
—Japanese proverb
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If you would live healthy, be old early.
—Spanish proverb
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Love tells us many things that are not so.
—Krainian Proverb
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Never give advice unless asked.
—German proverb
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Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest
violence.
—Hebrew proverb
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Pray to God, but keep rowing to shore.
—Russian Proverb
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Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
—Slovenian proverb
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Speech is given to three: to the historian-poet for the narration and
relating of tales, to the poet-seer for praise and satire, and to the
Brehon for giving judgment.
—from Ireland's ancient Brehon laws
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Tell the truth and run.
—Yugoslavian proverb
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The big thieves hang the little ones.
—Czech proverb
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The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half
with the eye and half with the fancy.
—Persian proverb
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The man who sees, on New Year's day, Mount Fuji, a hawk, and an eggplant
is forever blessed.
—Old Japanese proverb
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The man who strikes first admits that his ideas have given out.
—Chinese proverb
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The reverse side also has a reverse side.
—Japanese proverb
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The tree remains, but not the hand that planted it.
—Irish saying
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To teach is to learn.
—Japanese proverb
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We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.
—Japanese proverb
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Weariness of the legs after some active deed is better than apathy and
weariness of the spirit; weariness of spirit lasts forever, weariness of
the legs lasts only for an hour.
—15h-century Scots-Gaelic epigram
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What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
—Scottish proverb
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When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
—Ethiopian proverb
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Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own
correctness will learn many things.
—Chinese proverb
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[Wisdom] is a tree of life to those laying hold of her, making happy each
one holding her fast.
—Proverbs 3:18
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You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is
running inside you.
—Rwandan proverb