With a staircase before you, you look for a rope to go down by.
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Plough deep and you will have plenty of corn.Spanish
The month loses its own, but not the year.
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No mirror ever reflected an ugly woman.
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Nothing is lost on a journey by stopping to pray or to feed your horse.
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When an old man cannot drink, prepare his grave.
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A handsome man is not quite poor.
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