No call alligator long mouth till you pass him


Jamaican Proverb

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Don't call the alligator big mouth till you have crossed the river
BELIZEAN PROVERB
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JOHN KEATS
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JOHN KEATS
Remember: Don't Insult the Alligator till after you cross the river.
SHORT QUOTES
Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB
Don't let your alligator mouth out talk your tadpole butt.
KEVIN COOK
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass f...
BIBLE
When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back.
YING-AN
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
A proverb is no proverb to you until life has illustrated it
JOHN KEATS
When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERB
I don't keep women friends for too long largely because i do not trust them and i hate gossip. A lot...
CRYSTAL EVANS
I was beginning to think I had let 'my alligator mouth overload my jaybird ass.
HAL NEEDHAM
Call no man happy till he is dead.
AESCHYLUS
It ain't nothin' till I call it.
BILL KLEM
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've wa...
NICHOLSON BAKER
Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watche...
NICHOLSON BAKER
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
BIBLE
Of no mortal say, 'That man is happy,' till vexed by no grievous ill he pass life's goal.
SOPHOCLES
Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSON
Ever so welcome, wait for a call"
(West Indian proverb)
CHARMAINE J. FORDE
Those who can't dance say the music is no good
JAMAICAN PROVERB
Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer
JAMAICAN PROVERB
One one coco full basket.
JAMAICAN PROVERB
Cows have no business in horseplay
JAMAICAN PROVERB
Make a friend when you don't need one
JAMAICAN PROVERB
If you follow a fool, you're a fool yourself
JAMAICAN PROVERB
I am Jamaican as any Jamaican can be.
HER EXCELLENCY MERLENE OTTEY
It ain't nothin' till I call it.
BILL KLEM
No man will say, "There is no God" 'till he is so hardened in sin that it has
become his intere...
MATTHEW HENRY
What you call dog with no legs?
Don't matter what you call him, he ain't gonna come.
SHORT QUOTES
I'm Jamaican, man. I'm Jamaican first. You gotta understand that's where I'm from. T...
DONOVAN BAILEY
When you pass hateful words from your mouth to others it is like passing gas - it stinks and no one ...
ROBERT W. MERRIWEATHER
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
What I call a good patient is one who, having found a good physician, sticks to him till he dies.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth
MIKE TYSON
We will try to limit him, limit the long touchdown pass and keep him in front of us.
LARRY REEDER
See you later, alligator. After a while, crocodile.
BILL HALEY
Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSON
[He] put his foot in his mouth, and then we told him, 'As long as you have your foot in your mouth, ...
FRED NEWMAN
whenever the literary german dives into a sentence, this is the last you are going to see of him til...
MARK TWAIN
A proverb is not a proverb to you until life has illustrated it.
JOHN KEATS
You wait till you see that Dominican team. You wait till you see Puerto Rico. You wait till you see ...
TOMMY LASORDA
Seal up the mouth of outrage for a while,Till we can clear these ambiguities.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
No wild enthusiast could rest, till half the world like him was possessed.
WILLIAM COWPER
Strong black women have been an integral part of Jamaican society for a very long time, but never in...
MARLON HILL
I have no mouth, and I must scream.
HARLAN ELLISON
Because, where I'm from, you see no evil, you do no evil. If you see something, you keep your mouth ...
CHARLIE JOHNSON
Tillage is now greatly reduced. Multiple passes of equipment has been reduced, sometimes to just one...
JEFF MCCUTCHEON
There is no proverb without a grain of truth
RUSSIAN PROVERB
That's why they call him 'The King,' I guess. It was a bad pass, but he made it look real good.
DONYELL MARSHALL
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'Twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; ...
REV. HENRY BURTON
Have you had a kindness shown? Pass it on; 'twas not given for thee alone, Pass it on; Let it travel...
HENRY BURTON
God gives nuts to those with no teeth. -Arabic proverb.
ARABIC PROVERB
Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
I know of no better place to live in, and till the millennium comes, Stamford cannot be made a bette...
JAMES SMITH
Till I have no wife I have nothing.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
We believe no evil till the evil's done
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
CORDELL HULL
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river
CORDELL HULL
Long life to you, a wet mouth, and death in Ireland
IRISH SAYINGS
A coole mouth, and warme feet, live long. [A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.]
GEORGE HERBERT
There is no proverb which is not true. [Sp., No hay refran que no sea verdadero.]
CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA)
A Long Time Till Dawn
JOE HARRIS
Call me not an olive, till thou see me gathered.
GEORGE HERBERT
I thought it was cool. I want him to stay. I want him to be my friend. My friend wanted me to go out...
HALEY REAGAN
He that hath no hony in his pot, let him have it in his mouth.
GEORGE HERBERT
If done under the right set of circumstances, though, no-till can mean higher yields over the long t...
CHUCK MYERS
First, you had to have a tutor at home, who prepared you and talked all the time about the examinati...
MARY ANTIN
Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER
Say not you know another entirely, till you have divided an inheritance with him
JOHANN KASPAR LAVATER
When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
AFRICAN PROVERB
You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
PHYLLIS DILLER
He's wounded no matter what. Just the fact that he had to campaign, and call on the people he's supp...
MATT ANGLE
The umpire said he went to his mouth. It was a bad call. It was a mistaken call. It's unfortunate th...
PHIL GARNER
What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath th...
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES
Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river.
HAITIAN PROVERB
Laws of Money;You can never pass through this life & really call yourself a success without money.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN)
If God gives you chocolate, you open your mouth, no?
ALEJANDRO JODOROWSKY
To say how close John and dad were, I'd call him after meets - all the way up till the end. We discu...
BRIAN GRAY
No rose without a thorn, or a love without a rival. Turkish Proverb
TURKISH PROVERB
I am going into alligator alley.
JOAN RIVERS
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
DAN RATHER
No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
LORD CHESTERFIELD
I had such a big mouth for so long that it doesn't faze anybody anymore.
BILLY CORGAN
You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoo...
PHYLLIS DILLER
He calls his wish, it comes; he sends it back, And says he called another; that arrives, Meets...
EDWARD YOUNG
I think the pass to Hines was just a great call by Whiz.
BILL COWHER
No one can be perfectly free till all are free.
HERBERT SPENCER
No one knows what he can do till he tries
PUBLILIUS SYRUS
No admittance till the week after next.
LEWIS CARROLL
No hero is immortal till he dies
W. H. AUDEN
I wonder how it is that people's philosophies have come to spin faster than the changing seasons.
MASANOBU FUKUOKA
Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
CHINESE PROVERB
A part of the Jews are Palestinians, and they are represented in our legislative council. Till now, ...
YASSER ARAFAT
Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any.
NORM CROSBY
I didn't hear him call me out. Do we feel lucky? No.
A.J. PIERZYNSKI
He that's ungrateful has no guilt but one; All other crimes may pass for virtues in him.
EDWARD YOUNG
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
FRANZ KAFKA

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Those who can't dance say the music is no good
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Prayer only from the mouth is no prayer
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One one coco full basket.
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Cows have no business in horseplay
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Make a friend when you don't need one
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If you follow a fool, you're a fool yourself
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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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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.
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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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He who pays the piper calls the tune.
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Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.
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A poor man is all schemes.
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When poverty comes in the door love flies out the window.
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Poverty has no greater foe than bashfulness.
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Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain.
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When pleasure interferes with business, give up business.
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Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure.
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There are more fools among buyers than among sellers.
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Everything passes, everything perishes, everything palls.
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Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
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Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
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Why kill time when one can employ it.
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Forever is a long bargain.
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The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
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Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
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Time and I against any two.
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The longest day soon comes to an end.
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Soon enough is well enough.
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Now is the watchword of the wise.
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Lost time is never found again.
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Do little things now; so shall big things come to thee by and by asking to be done.
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Never offer to teach a fish to swim.
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In teaching others we teach ourselves.
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He who does not research has nothing to teach.
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Whatever you teach, be brief; what is quickly said the mind readily receives and faithfully retains,...
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He who undertakes to be his own teacher has a fool for a pupil.
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No matter how bad a child is, he is still good for a tax deduction.
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Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.
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Everyone according to their talent and every talent according to its work.
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Who has a trade may go anywhere.
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No one was ever lost on a straight road.
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Many talk like philosophers yet live like fools.
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He that falls by himself never cries.
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More flies are caught with honey than with vinegar.
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Those that will not hear must be made to feel.
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That which proves too much, proves nothing!
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When a heart is on fire, sparks always fly out of the mouth.
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If you can't get people to listen to you any other way, tell them it's confidential.
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The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
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Never say die.
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If you wish for peace be ready for war.
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When we can't find peace in ourselves it is vain to look for it elsewhere.
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Nonviolence is the supreme law of life.
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Peace with a club in hand is war.
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If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
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Rome was not built in a day.
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Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
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Patience when teased is often transformed into rage.
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Dios tarda pero no olvida -- God delays but doesn't forget.
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Patience is the key to paradise.
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There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.
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Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
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Maternity is a matter of fact, paternity is a matter of opinion.
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That which is escaped now is pain to come.
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A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
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Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
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It is a wise man who lives with money in the bank, it is a fool who dies that way.
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Riches have wings.
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A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
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As the person who has health is young, so the person who owes nothing is rich.
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You can't take it with you when you go.
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After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
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To call war the soil of courage and virtue is like calling debauchery the soil of love.
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The only thing we learn from new elections is we learned nothing from the old.
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Great is the victory that is gained without bloodshed.
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Gray hair is a sign of age, not of wisdom.
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No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.
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The gods sell all things at a fair price.
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Something you don't want is dear at any price.
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We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.
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Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
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Necessity unites.
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A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.
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It is the truth that irritates a person.
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If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
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Time tries truth.
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Tell the truth and then run.
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Truth is the daughter of time.
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Truth fears nothing but concealment.
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Youth lives on hope, old age on memories.
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If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
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Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
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