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to recover

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I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. George Carlin

The patient is not likely to recover who makes the doctor his heir. Thomas Fuller

Our house is burning and we look elsewhere. Nature mutilated, overexploited is not able to recover and we refuse to admit it. From North to South, it suffers from ill-development, and we are indifferent. Earth and humanity are in great peril and we are accountable. Jacques Chirac

The bird once out of hand is hard to recover. Danish Proverb

When a cow is lost it is something to recover its tail, were it only to make a handle for one's door. French Proverb

Not to wish to recover is a mortal symptom. Spanish Proverb

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