"If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen."

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"If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen."

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"Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return."

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