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It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.

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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.

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Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.

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Everyone smiles in the same language.

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Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.

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Everything you do or say is public relations.

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Experience is often what you get when you were expecting something else.

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Experience is the worst teacher. It always gives the test first and the instruction afterwards.

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Fairy tales: Horror stories for children to get them used to reality.

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Familiarity breeds contempt.

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Finagle's Fourth Law: Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.

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First Law of Bicycling: No matter where you're going, it's uphill and against the wind.

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First Rule of History: History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.

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For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.

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George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.

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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.

Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance

God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.

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God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.

Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation

Here's to your love, health, and wealth -- and time to enjoy each.

Unknown, (Spanish proverb), in Happiness and Misery

Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.

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