He who would go a hundred miles should consider ninety-nine as halfway.
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It's better to lie a little than to be unhappy.
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth and beauty.
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Too many hands will row the boat up a mountain.
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When you have completed 95% of your journey you are halfway there.
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There is no such thing as bad food when you are really hungry.
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