If you are going to sit on it for three years, the seat will certainly get warm.
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Great trees are envied by the wind.
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If I peddle salt, it rains; if I peddle flour, the wind blows.
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Serve your neighbors as you would be served yourself.
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The head of a monkey, the headdress of a prince.
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He who is too servile ruins his back.
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