To wait for luck is the same as waiting for death.
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A single arrow is easily broken; a quiver of ten is not.Japanese
Bad and good are intertwined like rope.
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Every fashion goes out of style.
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"It's awful, I hate it" is hardly the other side of "That is beautiful and I loved it."
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Any ground is good enough to be buried in.
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Plan your life at New Year's eve, your day at dawn.
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