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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. - African Proverb

Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. – African Proverb

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If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. – Homer, Iliad

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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes. – The Houghton Line, November 1965

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