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Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.

7,602

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

7,447

In the courtroom of the conscience, a case is always in progress.

2,774

Hunger makes raw beans taste sweet.

2,757

Those that dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain.

2,756

We grow too soon old and too late smart.

2,752

Men should be like coffee, hot sweet and strong.

2,752

Man suffers most from the suffering he fears, but never appears, therefore he suffers more then god meant him to suffer.

2,739

Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones.

2,729

Every goodbye is the birth of a memory.

2,709

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

2,707

Roses fall, but the thorns remain.

2,693

The generous man enriches himself by giving; the miser hoards himself poor.

2,692