If the young man knew, if the old man could, there is nothing but would be done.
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Give your friend a pig and your enemy a peach.Italian
Absence is the enemy of love.
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Let well alone.
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A fool's spark glows in all men.
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In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.
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He who is without debt is without credit.
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