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- Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.
- All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.
- We risk all in being too greedy.
- Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.
- Foxes are all tail, and women all tongue.
- All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths.
- He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.
- Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.
- It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.
- All power is a compound of time and patience
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