Only when the coffin is closed will we see how long lasting is the name.
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There are no national frontiers to learning.Japanese
If you are travelling towards the East, you will inevitably move away from the West.
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When you talk about future happenings the devil starts to laugh.
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Good medicine often has a bitter taste.
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The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention.
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He who treads the path of love walks a thousand meters as if it were only one.
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