Experience is the mother of wisdom
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You become wiser as you gain more
experience in life
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Facts are stubborn things
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You cannot change the facts of a
case
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Failure teaches success
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People can learn from their
failures and mistakes
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Faith will move mountains
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Miracles will happen when you
believe that they will
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Familiarity breeds contempt
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People tend to lose respect for
people they are close to or in close company with all the time
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Fear is stronger than love
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Fear is often a stronger emotion
or motivation than even love
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Fear of death is worse than death
itself
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Fear is often a crippling emotion
because it is so powerful
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Fine feathers make fine birds
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You can pretend to be rich, famous
etc. by dressing the part
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Fine words butter no parsnips
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Just talking about something is
not going to get the job done
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First deserve, then desire
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Before you begin to hope about
possessing something, make sure you are qualified for it
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First things first
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Do the more urgent and important
things first
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First think, and then speak
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Think about what you are going to
say before you speak
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Flattery brings friends, truth
enemies
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People like to hear good things
said about them although they may not be the truth
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Fool me once, shame on you. fool
me twice, shame on me
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You should be alert to people
trying to get the better of you
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Fretting cares make grey hairs
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Worrying is a negative activity
that can age you prematurely
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Garbage in, garbage out
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If the information or input you
provide is wrong, the end result will also be below par or flawed
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Give a man a fish and you feed him
for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime
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It is better to teach people how
to be independent by teaching them how to do things for themselves than to do
everything for them
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Give and take is fair play
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You should be willing to give in
partly to others if you want them to give in partly to you
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Give credit where credit is due
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Appreciate someone for the good
work he ahs done
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Give him an inch and he'll want a
yard
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Some people always take advantage
of favor that is shown them
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Good fences make good neighbors
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Respect people's privacy and their
territory
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Good wine needs no bush
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Products of good quality do not
need a lot of advertising, as their quality alone shows their worth
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Goodness is better than beauty
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Inner beauty is more valuable than
outer beauty
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Grasp all, lose all
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If you are too greedy and try to
grab everything you see, you might lose that and everything you have too
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Green leaves and brown leaves fall
from the same tree
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Everyone has a common beginning,
and therefore, no one is above another
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Happy wife, happy life
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If you have a happy or good life
partner, you will be happy and contented
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Hard words break no bones
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Ignore insults as they cannot
physically harm you, and will only harm you emotionally if you let them
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Haste makes waste
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Things that are done in a hurry
are usually done sloppily, and may contain careless mistakes
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He is rich who owes nothing
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A person who owes no one a debt is
free of worry, and therefore, rich, in a sense
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He is the best general who makes
the fewest mistakes
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A good leader rarely makes
mistakes
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
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Proverbs
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