In order to get from what was to what will be, you must go through what is.
More Traditional Proverbs:
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.Traditional
Everyone praises his native land.
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Dry as dust.
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The two hardest things to handle in life are failure success.
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As the grace of man is in the mind, so the beauty of the mind is eloquence.
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You'll repent if you marry, and repent if you don't.
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