The wish is the father of the deed.
More American Proverbs:
Those who sleep with dogs gets up with fleas.American
Crap or get off the pot.
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If you eat a live toad first thing in the morning, nothing worse will happen all day long.
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Use your wit as a shield, not as a dagger.
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Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
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The real owners of the land are not yet born.
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