It is better to go home and make your net than to gaze longingly at the fish in the deep pool.
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The lawyer will extend the frontiers of a fight.
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If there is a lid that doesn't fit, then there is a lid that does. To a person that does not wander, there is not enlightenment. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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A padded jacket is an acceptable gift even in summer.
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Beginning is easy -- to keep going is hard.
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To teach is to learn.
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