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What is the biggest building in the world?

A library because it has the most stories.

Riddles

When an old man dies, a library burns down.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man, old, olderness

Every time an old man dies it is as if a library has burnt down.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time, man, old, olderness

Some men have only one book in them, others a library.

Proverbs and old sayings English about man

A library is a repository of medicine for the mind.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about medicine, mind

The death of an elderly man is like a burning library.

Proverbs and old sayings about death, man

Knowledge is rooted in all things--the world is a library.

Proverbs and old sayings about knowledge, world, things, americans
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