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Invalids live longest.
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Better silent than stupid.
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Old birds are hard to pluck.
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Never give advice unless asked.
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Whose bread I eat his song I sing.
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The morning has gold in its mouth.
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But is a fence over which few leap.
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Nothing in this world is permanent.
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Good things are not done in a hurry.
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Envy eats nothing but its own heart.
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Speech is silver; silence is golden.
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Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.
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Contentment is worth more than riches.
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A hedge between keeps friendship green.
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An old man loved is Winter with flowers.
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Who begins too much accomplishes little.
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The best brewer sometimes makes bad beer.
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When the fox preaches look to your geese.
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The best carpenters make the fewest chips.
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It's the whole not the detail that matters.
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Charity looks at the need not at the cause.
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God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
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In time of war the devil makes more room in hell.
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To change and to improve are two different things.
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Even the lion has to defend himself against flies.
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Patience is a bitter plant but it has sweet fruit.
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Truth has a handsome countenance but torn garments.
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Avarice hoards itself poor; charity gives itself rich.
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He who would rule must hear and be deaf see and be blind.
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Weeping bride laughing wife; laughing bride weeping wife.
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The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.
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Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.
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Great things are done more through courage than through wisdom.
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Who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet.
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When a dove begins to associate with crows its feathers remain white but its heart grows black.