Like cures like.
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Fools gawp at masterpieces - wise men set out to outdo masterpieces.English
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
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Clean as God's fingertips.
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Cast not your pearls before swine.
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Young people don't know what age is, and old people forget what youth was.
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There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun.
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