What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
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Our neighbor's children are always the worst.German
After Christmas comes Lent.
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The office teaches the man.
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The master's eye does more than both his hands.
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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
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The thief cannot find any tree that suits him for a gallows.
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