No matter how stout one beam, it cannot support a house.
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With money one may command devils; without it, one cannot even summon a man.
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You must scale the mountains if you would view the plain.
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A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.
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An old bachelor compares life with a shirt button that hangs often by a thread.
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Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.
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