A bad rower blames the oar.
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Cattle die, kinsmen die, and so shall you die too. But one thing I know that never dies: the fame of a dead man's deeds.Icelandic
A story is only half told if there is only one side presented.
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Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating.
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Let him who has enough be satisfied.
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If only the wind would turn before I go home, said the woman rowing against the wind.
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A greasy kitchen; a will with not much in it.
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