Curses are like chickens; they come home to roost.
More Greek Proverbs:
The frog wanted to be an ox and swelled up until he burst.Greek
Old age and poverty are wounds that can't be healed.
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In the young, silence is better than speech.
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Either dance well or quit the ballroom.
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Even a wolf will not stay - Where sounds no bleat to offer hope of prey
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Passing from mouth to mouth it was learned by a thousand, and by the time it came to be heard by the king he learned of how a cow laid an egg
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