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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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War has no eyes
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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