When hard work goes out of the door, poverty comes in at the window.
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Death pays all debts.Dutch
If one won't another will.
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A plough that worketh, shines; but still water stinks.
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Thistles and thorns prick sore, but evil tongues prick even more.
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All feet tread not in one shoe.
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Men don't die of threats.
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