Before you let your voice be heard, first lick your lips.
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If you go into a goat stable, bleat; if you go into a water buffalo stable, bellow.Indonesian
If an eel is with fish, he shows his tail; if he is with snakes, he shows his head.
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A moth will eat the finest linen.
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A man finds what he takes to be small; it will only be big again when he loses it.
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The laughter of someone pining for his beloved is like that of someone who is always crying.
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The shallower the brook, the more it babbles.
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