Once bitten twice shy
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Once bitten twice shy
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It is never too late to be wise.
Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.
Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced
Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain
Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict
Fear death? - to feel the fog in my throat, the mist in my face