Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: those who are outside want to get in, and those inside want to get out
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When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
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A father is a banker provided by nature.
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He that seeks trouble never misses.
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Honey is sweet but bees sting.
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A crow is no whiter for being washed.
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With enough 'ifs' we could put Paris in a bottle.
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Men's ignorance makes the pot boil for priests.
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Everything passes, everything wears out, everything breaks. (tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse)
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There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
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What was hard to endure is sweet to recall.
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Adversity is the touchstone of friendship.
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Better the foot slip than the tongue.
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Greedy eaters dig their graves with their teeth.
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Anger is a bad counselor.
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One meets his destiny often in the road he takes to avoid it.
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Life is an onion and one peels it crying.
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Set a thief to catch a thief.
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There is no flying without wings.
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He who survives will see the outcome.
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He that does not ask will never get a bargain.
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Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
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We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
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Everything passes, everything breaks, everything wearies.
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To understand all is to forgive all.
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Travellers from afar can lie with impunity.
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Ready money works great cures.
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If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
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From word to deed is a great space.
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A white wall is the fool's paper.
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