Water which is too pure has no fish


Afghan Proverb

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If you wish for peace be ready for war.
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If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb.
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Rome was not built in a day.
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Patience, money and time bring all things to past.
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Patience is the key to paradise.
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There is nothing new, but what has become antiquated.
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Nothing is as new as something which as been long forgotten.
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That which is escaped now is pain to come.
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A rich man is either a scoundrel or the heir of a scoundrel.
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Nothing is more elegant than ready money!
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Riches have wings.
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A rich widow weeps with one eye and signals with the other.
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You can't take it with you when you go.
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