If the young knew and the old could, there is nothing that couldn't be done.
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The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb.
GREEK PROVERB
If we could be twice young and twice old, we could correct all our mistakes.
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LORD HAREWOOD Men grow old, pearls grow yellow, there is no cure for it. -Chinese proverb.
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Khalid would break every bone in your body for what you've done.
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Nothing would be done at all if a man waited until he could
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CARDINAL NEWMAN
Nothing is as burdensome as a secret. French Proverb
FRENCH PROVERB
As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
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MAX PALLENBERG Never too old to learn. -Latin proverb.
LATIN PROVERB
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PHILIP PULLMAN I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew.
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There is no time like the old time, when you and I were young!"
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There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
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PROVERB The less people think the more they talk.
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PROVERB Take what you want, God said to man, and pay for it.
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PROVERB It is the truth that irritates a person.
PROVERB If you speak the truth, have a foot in the stirrup.
PROVERB Time tries truth.
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PROVERB If youth but had the knowledge and old age the strength.
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