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Proverb

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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Where learned: Barrett, Joan

Keyword(s): Absence ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HEART ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

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Where learned: Barrett, Joan

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SLIP ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Man proposes and God disposes

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Where learned: Barrett, Joan

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Disposal ; Dispose ; God ; Maxim ; Proposal ; Propose ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

A job worth doing is worth doing well

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From - uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Ted

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

There's nothing certain but death and taxes.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Ted

Keyword(s): Absolutes ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Certainty ; DEATH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Taxes ; Uncertainty ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Speech of John F. Kennedy:

..."Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country."

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J.F.K.'s closing remarks of his inaugural speech in 1960.

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Where learned: Gotti, Judy

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHIASMUS ; Maxim ; PRESIDENT ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Better Late than Never

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Where learned: Dziekiewicz, Ana

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Late ; Maxim ; Never ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

If at first you don't succeed; try, try again.

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Learned from her mother

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Shontz, Debbie

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Succeed ; SUCCESS ; Try ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

It is better to give than to receive.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Truth is stranger than fiction

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Smile and the world smiles with you

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SMILE ; VERSE ; World

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Lucky in cards, unlucky in love.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CARDS ; LOVE ; LUCK ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fool ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Thief ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Waste not, want not.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Frugal ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Waste

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

Beauty is only skin deep

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Where learned: HOME ; Rygiel, Arvella

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SKIN ; Superficial ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

God helps them that help themselves

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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Guntli, Steve

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; God ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

One picture is worth a thousand words.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Picture ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; WORDS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Proverb

He who laughs last, laughs best.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Steve

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Laugh ; Laughter ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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