Between two cowards, he has the advantage who first detects the other.
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The same fire purifies gold and consumes straw.Italian
Where love is there the eye is.
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He that refuseth praise the first time does it because he would have it the second.
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When house and land are gone and spent, then learning is most excellent.
Italian
A small woman always seems newly married.
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Every one goes with his own sack to the mill.
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