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• He who has no shame owns the whole world.

• Some sow and reap, others eat and bless.

• He who agrees to the seed doesn’t argue at the harvest.

• When your garden’s dry don’t pour water in other gardens.

• Some make it through their labour, others through their manner.

• He who drinks wine on debt gets drunk twice.

• The good captain shows himself in a storm.

• When you find your saint light your candle.

• If you see a couple getting on well, you know it’s down to one of them.

• Friday’s mirth is Saturday’s grief.

• The thorn gives forth a rose.

• Study the mother before marrying her daughter.

• A thoughtless mind causes bad fortune.

• Send a fool and chase after him.
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