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“My philosophy
like colour TV
is all there
in black and white”
Monty Python

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Proverbs

 A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth has got its boots on. 
English proverb
 Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. 
Chinese proverb
 If God lived on earth, people would stone his windows. 
Yiddish proverb
 It is better to be a coward for one minute than dead the rest of your life. 
Irish proverb
 It is only the first bottle that is expensive. 
French proverb
 It’s good to hope; it’s the waiting that spoils it. 
Yiddish proverb
 Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down. 
Chinese proverb
 Once you’ve started, you’re halfway there. 
Initium est dimidium facti
Latin proverb
 The best way to get praise is to die. 
Italian proverb
 The morning is wiser than the evening. 
Russian proverb
 When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. 
Italian proverb
 You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back. 
Chinese proverb
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