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The man who is born in a stable is not a horse.
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The master derives from his art.
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The miller is never so drunk that he forgets to take his dues.
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The millstone that lies undermost also helps to grind.
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The miser's bag is never full.
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The more by law, the less by right.
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The more cooks, the worse broth.
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The more knave, the better luck.
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The more shepherds the less care.
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The more you stir filth the worse it stinks.
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The most difficult mountain to cross is the threshold.
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The mouse is knowing, but the cat more knowing.
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The mouse may find a hole, be the room ever so full of cats.
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The mouth often utters that which the head must answer for.
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The new is always liked, though the old is often better.
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The nobler the blood the less the pride.
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The oft-moved stone gathers no moss.
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The old branch breaks when it is bent.
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The owl does not praise the light, nor the wolf the dog.
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The owl thinks her children the fairest.
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The pike grows big on small fry.
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The poor man seeks for food, the rich man for appetite.
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The poor man seeks only a crumb, then finds he still hungers.
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The poor man wants much, the miser everything.
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The poor man's corm always grows thin.
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The pot boils best on your own hearth.
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The pot calls the kettle black.
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The pride of the poor does not endure.
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The priest to his book, the peasant to his plough.
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The raven always thinks that her young ones are the whitest.
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The raven chides blackness.
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The raven is fair when the rook is not by.
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The rich widow's tears soon dry.
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The road to a friend's house is never long.
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The road to heaven is equally short, where'er we die.
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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The scoffer's own house is often on fire.
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The scraping hen will get something; the crouching hen nothing.
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The sheep that bleat the most give the least milk.
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The shirt is nearer to the body than the coat.
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The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
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The shoemakers children go barefoot.
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The silent man is most trusted.
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The sky is not the less blue because the blind man does not see
it.
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The sleeping fox catches no poultry.
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The sow prefers the mire.
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The steps at court are slippery.
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The still swine eat the mash. the wind ones run past it.
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The sting of a reproach is the truth of it.
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The stone that everybody spits upon will be wet at the last.
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