An illness comes by the pound and goes away by the ounce.


Turkish Proverb

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Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA
An ounce of patience is worth a pound of brains.
DANISH PROVERB
Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
YIDDISH PROVERB
An ounce of practice is worth a pound of preaching.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
PROVERB
An ounce of intuition is worth a pound of tuition.
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
HENRY DE BRACTON
An ounce of enterprise is worth a pound of privilege.
FREDERIC R. MARVIN
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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An ounce of mirth is worth a pound of sorrow.
RICHARD BAXTER
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT GREEN HUBBARD
An ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness.
ELBERT HUBBARD
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of sorrow.
RICHARD BAXTER
An ounce of wit is worth a pound of argument
SYDNEY SMITH
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.
MICHAEL KORDA
You are the hare of whom the proverb goes, Whose valor plucks dead lions by the beard
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
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An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment
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An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship.
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An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.
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When put to the test, an ounce of loyalty is worth a pound of cleverness
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An ounce of image is worth a pound of performance. - Nolan's / Peter's Placebo.
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with.
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An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with
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An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.
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Ill comes in by ells, and goes out by inches.
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By the time we've made it, we've had it.
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I was in 20 Shakespearean plays by the time I was 20.
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When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
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When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.
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This Bible is for the government of the people, by the people and for the people.
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge.
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
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Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a pound of knowledge
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By the time I was 12 or 13, I was studying biochemistry textbooks.
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By the time I was five, I was a little diva.
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A government of, for and by the people, requires much from the people.
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The people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
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You're the one who may die," the alchemist said. "I already know how to turn myself into the wind.
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Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
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By the time you know what to do, you're too old to do it.
TED WILLIAMS
I knew how to swim by the time I turned 4.
AUDRINA PATRIDGE
By the time I was 10 or 11, I knew I wanted to make films.
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN
I want to be financially secure by the time I have kids.
CONOR MCGREGOR
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MURRAY ROTHBARD
You become aware of an illness by understanding yourself and understanding the meaning that that ill...
KAY REDFIELD JAMISON
Doubt … is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.
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Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.
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By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.
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Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.
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By the time I was in my teens, I was listening to Delta blues and jazz.
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It goes away as fast as it comes.
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LISA KLEYPAS
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MARIA SEMPLE
Italy, a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the proverb goes
ROBERT BURTON
That's what Mike's going to do. He's a big guy. He'll pound away and pound away.
BRIAN BROHM
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Sickness comes on horseback, but goes away on foot
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Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.
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As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
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He goes by the brand, yet imagines he goes by the flavor.
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I foresee that the precious metal would reach $800 per ounce by June this year.
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The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others
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I was very involved with school by the time I was 15 and wasn't working much as a model.
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By the time I was 10, I had lived in 11 different countries.
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All that prosthetic makeup drains you. By the time it's lunch, you're done.
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Even by the time I was four or five, I had Gene Autry records.
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I'm baffled by the people who say, 'I'm just not going to vote.'
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We should not blame people by the mistakes of others.
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God hides the fires of hell within paradise.
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An open door invites callers.
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Remain hungry but do not start begging.
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Roses grow where a teacher hits.
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Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.
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Thorns and roses grow on the same tree.
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An open mouth remains no hungry.
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Whoever digs a pit for his neighbor should dig it his own size.
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Either drive this camel to pasture or leave the country.
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Every sheep is hung by his own leg.
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He who borrows gets sorrows.
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If you are an anvil, be patient; if you are a hammer, be strong.
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Activity breeds prosperity.
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A man is as wise as his head, not his years.
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Do what your teacher says but not what he does.
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He who does evil to others, does it to himself.
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Measure a thousand times and cut once
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No matter how tall a tree grows its leaves always fall to the ground.
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Where you were born is less important than how you live
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It is easier to make a camel jump a ditch than to make a fool listen to reason.
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Ability has no school.
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A wise man does his own work.
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A man is judged by his work.
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Once a friend, always a friend.
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At table keep a short hand; in company keep a short tongue.
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Fear an ignorant man more than a lion
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Stairs are climbed step by step.
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Whoever the heart loves, she is the beauty.
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Kind words will unlock an iron door
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One already wet does not feel the rain.
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No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival. Turkish Proverb
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Man is harder than iron, stronger than stone and more fragile than a rose.
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A good companion shortens the longest road.
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A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.
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Two captains will sink the ship
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Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one
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No matter how far you have gone on the wrong road, turn back
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Those who know do not talk; those who talk do not know.
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A wise man remembers his friends at all times; a fool, only when he has need of them.
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The miser and the open-handed spend the same in the long run.
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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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Who gossips to you will gossip of you.
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No matter how far you have gone on a wrong road, turn back.
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A knife wound heals; a wound caused by words does not.
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If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
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He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
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Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.
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A dog that intends to bite does not bear its teeth.
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A pound is sixteen ounces wherever you go.
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If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb
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A knife-wound heals, but a tongue wound festers.
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Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.
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Who buys cheap buys dear.
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One does not burn a blanket to get rid of a flea.
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A cup of coffee commits one to forty years of friendship.
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Guests bring good luck with them.
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A weapon is an enemy even to its owner
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He that falls by himself never cries.
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He gives twice who gives quickly.
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If skill could be gained by watching, every dog would become a butcher.
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A twig is bent while it is green.
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Study from new books but from old teachers
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Who gossips to you, will gossip of you
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He who has no bread has no authority
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Where military service begins, logic ends.
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Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love
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Patience is the key to paradise
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A red apple invites stones.
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Before you love, Learn to run through the snow Leaving no footprint
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Whoever is fond of cream should take the cow around with him.
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He bites his tongue who speaks in haste.
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Eat and drink with your friends but do not trade with them.
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There is an uphill for every downhill, and a downhill for every uphill.
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A tribulation is better than a hundred warnings.
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A heavy stone is not easily moved.
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Kiss the hand which you cannot wring.
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A hungry stomach has no ears.
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A small key opens big doors.
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Better a wise foe than a foolish friend.
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Patience is bitter, but it bears sweet fruit.
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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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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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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.
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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.
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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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