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• Mock not the fallen, for slippery is the road ahead of you. Russian Proverb
• The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I will walk carefully.
  -- Russian Proverb...
• Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea.
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• Farber's Second Law A hand in the bush is worth two anywhere else.
   Farber's Third Law We're all going down the same road in different directions....
• Gossip needs no carriage. Russian Proverb