A new broom sweeps clean, but the old brush knows all the corners. ~Irish Proverb
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Grade school was perilous. I can see how I must have worried them. I was the kind of kid who, for no apparent reason, wept piteously or threw up on myself. On an especially scary day, I sometimes did both. ~Sue Grafton
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. ~Chinese Proverb
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Whenever armed forces are used, the idea of combat must be present. The end for which a soldier is recruited, clothed, armed, and trained, the whole object of his sleeping, eating, drinking, and marching is simply that he should fight at the right place and the right time. ~Carl von Clausewitz
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All good things must come to an end. ~English Proverb
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He that will have a perfect brother must resign himself to remain brotherless. ~Italian Proverb
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We must bear the medicine on account of its usefulness. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is not enough to run, one must start in time. ~French Proverb
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Those who play with cats must expect to be scratched. ~Proverb
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One must learn to make others happy if one wants to be happy. ~Swedish Proverb
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A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. ~Greek Proverb
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