If you wish to plough the field in a straight line, do not take your bearings from a nearby tree but from a distant star.
More Traditional Proverbs:
A moment is a lifetime ... but only for a moment.Traditional
Spring forward fall back.
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He can't see the forest for the trees.
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Fond of doctors, little health, Fond of lawyers, little wealth
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Confusion is contagious.
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If a word spoken in its time is worth one piece of money, silence in its time is worth two.
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