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The mother who spoils her child, fattens a serpent.
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The mother-in-law must be entreated, and the pot must be let
stand.
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The mountain labored and brought forth a mouse.
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The mouse that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat.
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The mouse that only trusts to one poor hole,
Can never be a mouse of any soul.
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The mouth and the purse, shut.
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The mouth that says yes says no.
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The oaths of one who loves a woman are not to be believed.
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The obscure we see eventually. The completely apparent takes
longer.
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The official who can't lie may as well be out of the world.
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The old for want of ability, and the young for want of knowledge,
let things be lost.
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The old man at home, and the young abroad, lie after the same
fashion.
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The old wife, if she does not serve for a pot, serves for a
cover.
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The one-eyed man is a king in the country of the blind.
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The ox comes to the yoke at the call of his feeder.
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The ox spoke and said "Moo."
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The ox that butted me tossed me into a good place.
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The ox without a bell is soon lost.
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The paunch warm, the foot sleepy.
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The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it leaves its handle
or its mouth.
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The poor man has his crop destroyed by hail every year.
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The poor-houses are filled with the honestest people.
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The rat that has but one hole is soon caught.
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The rat that knows but one hole is soon caught by the cat.
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The rich man transgresses the law, and the poor man is punished.
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The righteous man sins before an open chest.
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the rotten apple spoils its companion.
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The scalded cat dreads cold water.
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The secret in swimming is to know how to take care of your
clothes.
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The secret of patience is doing something else in the meantime.
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The servant wench that has a mother in town swoons seven times a
day.
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The sharper soon cheats the covetous man.
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The sharper the storm, the sooner it's over.
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The shirt is nearer than the frock.
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The smith's dog sleeps at the noise of the hammer, and wakes at
the grinding of teeth.
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The snail, to be rid of annoyances, bartered its eyes for horns.
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The son of an ass brays twice a day.
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The spider's web lets the rat escape and catches the fly.
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The spot will come out in the washing.
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The squeaking wheel gets the grease.
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The stew mixed by many is ill-seasoned and worse cooked.
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The stew that boils much loses flavour.
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The stone is hard and the drop is small, but a hole is made by
the constant fall.
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The thorn comes into the world point foremost.
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The thread breaks where it is thinnest.
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The threatener loses the opportunity of vengeance.
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The threshold says nothing but what it hears of the hinge.
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The tide will fetch away what the ebb brings.
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The tiger that has once tasted blood is never sated with the
taste of it.
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The tired ox plants his foot firmly.
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