"The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men. And women."

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“If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.”

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

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