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• Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one. Scottish Proverb
• Better bend than break. -- Scottish Proverb
• An ill agreement is better than a good judgement. -- Proverb
• A wizard's reputation is his bond, or so the sages say.
  And, as all learned men know, a reputation is difficult to build, and all too easily besmirched....
• Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all. Romanian Proverb
• Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness Chinese Proverb
• No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars. -- Quintus Enniu
• QOTD: "I've got one last thing to say before I go; give me back all of my stuff.