You can shear a sheep many times but you can skin him only once.
More American Proverbs:
Men apt to promise are apt to forget.American
The river is my brother for it carries my canoe.
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Don't allow the grass to grow on the path of friendship.
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Poets are born, not made.
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Ninety per cent of inspiration is perspiration.
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You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
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