Pick up a sesame seed but lose sight of a watermelon.
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Time cures the sick man, not the ointment.
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God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers
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It's not the towering sail, but the unseen wind that moves the ship
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A summer's sun is worth the having.
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May your trouble be like the old man's teeth - few and far between
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