Better a snotty child than his nose wiped off.
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
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If you want a thing done, go. If not, send. The shortest answer is doing.
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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
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None ever took a stone out of the temple but the dust did fly in his eyes.
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Absence, and a friendly neighbor, washeth away love.
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