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A cat always knows whose meat it eats.
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A drop hollows out a stone.
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A fly cannot enter a closed mouth.
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A good citizen owes his life to his country.
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A guest has not to thank the host, but the host the guest.
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A kind word is like a Spring day.
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A lonely person is at home everywhere.
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A long pull and a strong pull and a pull altogether.
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A man is judged by his deeds, not by his words.
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A mile walk with a friend has only one hundred steps.
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A net will catch more than a pole.
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A priest's belly is made up of several sheepskins.
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A proverb can't be judged.
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A wife is not a pot, she will not break so easily.
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A word of kindness is better than a fat pie.
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Absentmindedness is searching for the horse you are riding.
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Abuse doesn't hang on the collar.
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Acknowledgement is half of correction.
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All ages are submissive to love.
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All are not cooks who walk with long knives.
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All lay loads on a willing horse.
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An egg is dear on Easter day.
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An enemy will agree, but a friend will argue.
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An indispensable thing never has much value.
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Any sandpiper is great in his own swamp.
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Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
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Ask a silly question and you get a silly answer.
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Beat your own and others will fear you.
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Better a dove on the plate than a woodgrouse in the mating place.
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Better a fair pair of heels than a halter.
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Chickens are counted in autumn.
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Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.
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Cry and the whole world cries with you.
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Cry not out before you are hurt.
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Curious Varvara's nose was torn off.
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Cut down the tree that you are able to.
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Deprive a mirror of its silver and even the czar won't see his
face.
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Desert and reward seldom keep company.
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Do not make an elephant out of a fly.
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Do not make me kiss, and you will not make me sin.
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Don't put it in my ear, but in my hand.
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Don't put new wine into old bottles.
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Eat what is cooked; listen to what is said.
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Eggs cannot teach a hen.
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Eternal peace lasts only until the next war.
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Even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in awhile.
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Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn sometimes.
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Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it
he measures the sea.
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Every road has two directions.
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Every sandpiper praises his own swamp.
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