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Question
Proverbs associated with the word season: for eg: Make hay while the sun shines.
- _________________________
- _________________________
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Solution
- One kind word can warm three winters.
- No winter lasts forever, no spring skips its turn.
- Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
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