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    If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.

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Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

Friends fly away when the cask has been drained to the dregs.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Enough is as good as a feast.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king read more

No might nor greatness in mortality
Can censure 'scape; back-wounding calumny
The whitest virtue strikes. What king so strong
Can tie the gall up in the slanderous tongue?

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Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.

Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything,
doing nothing.

by Periander Of Corinth Found in: General Sayings,
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It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

by Unknown Found in: General Sayings,
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Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

Sharp is the kiss of the falcon's beak.

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Many a smale maketh a grate.

Many a smale maketh a grate.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: General Sayings,
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The more thou stir it the worse it will be.

The more thou stir it the worse it will be.

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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
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But time strips our illusions of their hue,
And one by one in turn some grand mistake
Casts off its bright skin yearly like a snake.

by John Byrom Found in: General Sayings,
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