Take time to smell the roses.
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The first pancake is always a failure.Russian
Love has its own language, but marriage falls back on the local dialect.
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Soap is grey but it used to be white.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
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Even good dogs have fleas.
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When a needle sees a dagger, she cries "O sister!"
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