A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.


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The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.
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You cannot hold your head high with your hand out.
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Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
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Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.
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If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
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True poverty does not come from God.
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One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.
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Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.
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God gave burdens, also shoulders.
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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
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A nation's treasure is its scholars.
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If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
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A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
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He who marries for money earns it.
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Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
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Loneliness breaks the spirit.
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No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
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The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
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If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
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The heart is half a prophet.
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You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
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He who puts up with insult invites injury.
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All of us are crazy in one way or another.
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He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.
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Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.
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Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
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Too humble is half proud.
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A mother understands what a child does not say.
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If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.
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If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
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If you can't go over, you must go under.
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It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
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Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
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Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.
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God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does!
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If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
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God is closest to those with broken hearts.
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Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
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In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.
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All things grow with time -- except grief.
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If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
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Charm is more than beauty.
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If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.
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The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
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A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
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It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
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Locks keep out only the honest.
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You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
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If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
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If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
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If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
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The eyes are the mirror of the soul
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Prayers go up and blessings come down
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A golden key will open every lock.
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A half-truth is a whole lie
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Other people's troubles are bearable.
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If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
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If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.
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If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
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He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.
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Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
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A man's worst enemies can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
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A half-truth is a whole lie.
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A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.
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A child's tear rends the heavens.
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If God were living on earth, people would break His windows
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If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows
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The wheel turns round
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Don't live in a town where there are no doctors
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God will provide - ah, if only He would till He does!
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul
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If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks.
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All signs are misleading
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Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday
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Tomorrow your horse may be lame
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If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth
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The truth is not always what we want to hear
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To every answer you can find a new question
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God gave burdens, also shoulders
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If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything
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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have
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Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool
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Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant
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One hand washes the other
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven
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Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand
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Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains
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The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes
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Better ask ten times than go astray once
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Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out
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He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good
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If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding
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The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter
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He who puts up with insult invites injury
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If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm
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If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water
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The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks
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He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral
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Life is the greatest bargain - we get it for nothing
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He falsifies who renders a verse just as it looks
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What you save is, later, like something found
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Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later
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If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living
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A wise man hears one word and understands two
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When a thief kisses you, count your teeth
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Seek advice but use your own common sense
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With time, even a bear can learn to dance
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Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant
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The girl who can't dance says the band can't play
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Bygone troubles are good to tell
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.
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God made man because he loves stories
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A child's tear rends the heavens
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Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble
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A rich man has no need of character
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If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over
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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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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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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Cunning surpasses strength.
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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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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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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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