"Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they’re sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they’re well too soon, with the same result."

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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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