“The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.” — Saadi
(Another non-western quote! But, this is NOT the first Saadi quote that’s been used for the Cryptoquote, folks. We had a great one on 12/20/13! He was a . . . Persian of persuasion! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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It doesn’t have to be western.
Absolutely! It wasn’t a criticism, at all. Merely an observation. We sometimes go for long stretches where they ARE all western though! This happened to be the second in just a few days. And now, yesterday we had a Japanese proverb! The diversity jazzes me up!
— YUR