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There's no harm in wine; it's drunkenness that is at fault.
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'Tis a hard winter when one wolf eats another.
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To run away is not glorious, but very healthy.
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Trust in God but lock your doors.
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Until you have smoked out the bees, you can't eat the honey.
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Vodka is the aunt of wine.
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Water does not run under a lying stone.
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What the young one begs for, the grown-up throws away.
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When money speaks the truth is silent.
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When money talks, the truth is silent.
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When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you
leave, you judge him by his heart.
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Where something is thin, that's where it tears.
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With lies you may go ahead in the world--but you can never go
back.
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Without a shepherd, sheep are not a flock.
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You cannot break through a wall with your forehead.
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You cannot pull a fish out of the pond without work.
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You cannot ride two horses with one ass.
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You cannot write in the chimney with charcoal.
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You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse.
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You do not really understand something unless you can explain it
to your grandmother.
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You don't get something for nothing.
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You look for the horse you ride on.
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You need a sharp axe for a tough bough.
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"Your feet are crooked, your hair is good for nothing," said the
pig to the horse.
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