"A pig painted gold is still a pig."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

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

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“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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