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If winning is not important, why keep score?
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Klingon proverbs |
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Own the day.
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Klingon proverbs |
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Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die.
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Klingon proverbs |
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long and wise experience.
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Proverbs |
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I can tell thee where that saying was born.
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Proverbs |
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The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.
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Proverbs |
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Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary of the intuitions.
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Proverbs |
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Much matter decocted into few words.
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Proverbs |
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A proverb and a byword among all people.
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Proverbs |
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Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
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Proverbs |
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Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked.
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Proverbs |
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The Devil is the enemy of proverbs ("Der Teuffel ist den Sprichwortten feindt").
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Proverbs |
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You should not cut the throat of that which has already had its throat cut.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Wealth is far away, poverty is close at hand.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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He who possesses many things is constantly on guard.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Possessions are flying birds -- they never find a place to settle.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Don't pick things now; they will bear fruit later.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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What comes out from the heart of the tree is known by the heart of the tree.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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A heart never created hatred; speech created hatred.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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I visit it by day, I visit it at nightfall. I always stand by the lamentation drum!
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Sumerian proverbs |
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The fox lies even to Enlil.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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The fox, having urinated into the sea, said: "The whole of the sea is my urine!"
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Tell a lie and then tell the truth: it will be considered a lie.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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For a donkey there is no stench. For a donkey there is no washing with soap.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Once I had escaped the wild bull, the wild cow confronted me.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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May the city build like me! May the Land live like me!
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Sumerian proverbs |
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One should not remove what belongs to my mistress Inana.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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The good thing is to find it; the bad thing is to lose it.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Their pleasure, their discomfort. Their discomfort, their pleasure.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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He who shaves his head acquires ever more hair.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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He who destroys houses destroys silver. He who destroys a house destroys gold.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Let there be unused land adjacent to a house.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Hand added to hand, and a man's house is built up.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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a bird flying around is your share.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Nanni cherished his old age: "I am what an old man should be."
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Sumerian proverbs |
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One cannot drag out the weak, one cannot hold back the strong.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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As the sun rises, decisions are made. By the time the sun is up, kingship is conferred.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Our own odour is of pulled-up turnips -- sweet things are brought by strangers.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Enlil's temple is a summation of accounts. The temple manager is its overseer.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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You speak with me and I speak with you.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Before the fire has gone out, write your exercise tablet!
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Between the basket and the boat are the fields of Simurrum.
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Sumerian proverbs |
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Let me drink beer shandy and sit in the seat of honour!
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Sumerian proverbs |
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A good word is a friend to numerous men.
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Sumerian proverbs |