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• A withered poplar puts forth flowers. An older woman takes a husband. No blame. No praise.
• When an old man marries a young wife, he grows younger - but she grows older.
• When is the best time for a man to marry?) A young man not yet, an older man not at all.
  Francis Bacon (1561-1626)...
• A poor man who takes a rich wife has a ruler, not a wife. Greek Proverb
• Obstruction. The southwest furthers. The northeast does not further.
  It furthers one to see the great man. Perseverance brings good fortune....
• The Gentle. Success through what is small. It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
  It furthers one to see the great man....
• A one-eyed man who is able to see. The perseverance of a solitary man furthers.
• Finally he released the young man, and waded back to dry land.
  Then Socrates questioned the man. `What did you most want just now?...
• For a child, everything is new. For an older person there are few surprises.