Medicines be not meat to live by.
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The strong man and the waterfall channel their own path.English
Better go to bed supperless than to rise in debt.
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A horn spoon holds no poison.
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Although shrimps may dance around, they do not leave the river.
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Some men go through a forest and see no firewood.
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Young folk may dee, auld folk maun dee.
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