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"689 Proverbs & Adages Quotes

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

Public Ferocious Beast Chain
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It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Better Risk Guilty Man
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To hold a pen is to be at war.
Pen Hold War
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It is said that the present is pregnant with the future.

Said Present Pregnant Future
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Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.
Perfection Attained Slow Degrees
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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.

Ignorant Answers Question
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All styles are good except the tiresome kind.

Styles Good Tiresome Kind
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What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

Elder See Sees Sitting
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One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible.
Arrow Broken Indestructible
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Remember, you have no companions but your shadow.
Remember Companion Shadow
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He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.

Steals Buys Need Himself
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When the sea is calm, every ship has a good captain.

Good Calm Ship Sea
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The longest journey is the journey inward.

Inward Journey Longest
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A fool too late bewares when all the peril is past.

Fool Late Peril Past
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All my possessions for a moment of time.

Possessions Moment Time
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The end crowneth the work.
End Crwneth Work
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Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst.

Appears Sanctified Worst
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The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.
Stone Recoils Head Thrower
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Bread is like dressed, hats and shoes - in other words, essential!

Bread Dressed Hats Shoes
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Good manners reflect something from inside-an innate sense of consideration for others and respect for self
Manners Reflect Sense Consideration
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Elbows are never put on the table while one is eating.

Elbows Never Table Eating
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A gentleman does not boast about his junk.
Gentleman Boast Junk
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No rule of etiquette is of less importance than which fork we use.
Rule Etiquette Importance Fork
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The fault of bad taste is usually in over-dressing. Quality not effect, is the standard to seek for.

Fault Bad Dressing Standard
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To do exactly as your neighbors do is the only sensible rule.

Exactly Neighbors Sensible
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There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.

Desert Man Needs
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A horse is dangerous at both ends and uncomfortable in the middle.
Both Dangerous Ends Horse
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Change, like sunshine, can be a friend or a foe, a blessing or a curse, a dawn or a dusk.

Change Sunshine Friend Blessing
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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
Bird Soar Wings
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To generalize is to be an idiot.

Generalize Idiot
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Great things are done when men and mountains meet.

Great Things Men Mountain
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The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled.
Soul Sweet Delight Defiled
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.

Active Better Passive Good
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The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.

Cost Liberty Price Repression
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Better a bird in hand then 10 in the forest.
Forest Hand Bird Better
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Thin mosquitoes bite the worse.

Worse Bite Thin
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Better listen to a broken string than never having bent a bow.

Bow Bent String Broken
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The loss on the swings is won back on the merry-go-round.

Won Swing Back Loss
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Don’t sell the pelt until you’ve killed the bear.

Bear Killed Until Sell
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When the Devil grows old he’ll become religious.

Become Grow Devil Old
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When God brings death, the Devil brings the heirs.

Heirs Brings Devil Death
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A word that’s been said and a stone that’s been thrown cannot be taken back.

Back Taken Thrown Stone
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The road to hell is lined with good resolutions.

Good Lined Hell Road
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Even a small star shines in the darkness.
Shine Small Star Even
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Joy and sorrow are next door neighbors.

Door Next Joy Sorrow
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Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.

Grief Joy Divides Doubles
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Where there is modesty, there is virtue.

Virtue Modesty Where
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Eyes that do not cry, do not see.

See Cry Eyes
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The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm.

Arm End Hand Best
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It is not the voice that commands the story; it is the ear.

Voice Commands Story Ear
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