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A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfect without trials.
American Proverb
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From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.
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Don't send an old man to buy a donkey, nor a young man to woo a wife.
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Gems are polished by rubbing, just as men are made brilliant by trials.
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Wind from the east is good for neither man nor beast.
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When the wind is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast.
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