The roses fall, the thorns remain.
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Honest men marry soon, wise men never.Italian
Gratitude is the memory of the heart.
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Criticizing another's garden doesn't keep the weeds out of your own.
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Love is an excuse for its own faults.
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We learn by teaching.
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He is not a thorough wise man who cannot play the fool on occasion.
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