"Here, southlander, you can't quit while you are winning. Better than when I'm losing."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

“It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.”

“The pike does not ask the frog’s permission before dining.”

“The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.”

“Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.”

“Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.”

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