A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
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When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.
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Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
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It is better to be a beggar than a fool.
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There is never a debt is paid so high as that which the wet owes to the dry.
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The mob has many heads but no brains.
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