He who teaches a boy teaches three: a youth, a young man, and an old man


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Anger without power is folly.
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Ambition and fleas both jump high
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Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed
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You can do anything with children if only you play with them
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Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
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An old man loved is a winter with flowers
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Not every ass has long ears
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The stomach is easier filled than the eye
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The only real equality is in the cemetery
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Forever is a long bargain.
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To bury grief plant a seed.
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Who begins too much accomplished little.
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The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
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Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be.
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In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.
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God's mill goes slowly but grinds fine
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