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• The man who runs may fight again. -- Menande
• Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. -- Romanian proverb
• Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. Romanian Proverb
• The man who has never been flogged has never been taught. -- Menande
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• It was as small as the hope in a dead man's eyes.