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A proverb, also called a byword or nayword, is a simple and concrete saying popularly known and repeated, which expresses a truth, based on common sense or the practical experience of humanity

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A full cup must be carried steadily.

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A man is as old as he feels himself to be.

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A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world.

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A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

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A stumble may prevent a fall.

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Advice is least heeded when most needed.

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Danger and delight grow on one stalk.

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Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.

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Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.

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Don't fall before you're pushed.

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Every puddle has crap in it...

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Every train track is different

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Every train track is different......Jum bob was here

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First deserve, and then desire.

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Give neither advice nor salt, until you are asked for it.

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He that has no charity deserves no mercy.

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He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones.

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He that plants trees loves others besides himself.

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If you want to be happy for a year, plant a garden; if you want to be happy for life, plant a tree.

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In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.

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In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.

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Let him make use of instinct who cannot make use of reason.

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Many things are lost for want of asking.

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Most people fail in life not because of luck, but because of lack of direction,dedication, and discipline. _Mehraj Mubarak

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Never fall out with your bread and butter.

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One boy is more trouble that a dozen girls.

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Proportion your expenses to what you have, not what you expect.

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Spread the table and contention will cease.

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Success is blind and deaf. Its doesn't care about your riches or poverty even if you cry aloud. Success only speaks when you achieve it. _Mehraj Mubarak

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Tell me and I’ll forget,teach me and I will remember ,involve me and I will learn.

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The eyes are the window of the soul.

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The shortest answer is doing.

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Use soft words and hard arguments.

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We are usually the best men when in the worst health.

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We never know the worth of water 'til the well is dry.

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When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.

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Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

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