Quote by Nikita Khrushchev
If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. - N

If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen. – Nikita Khrushchev

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Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from judicious submissions, fabricating their philosophical drawbacks from emotional retractions and scalding marauders in the boiling oil of sour grapes. – Zelda Fitzgerald

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The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. – Charles Swindoll

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