Fuel is not sold in a forest, nor fish on a lake.
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Once bitten by an adder, you will never walk through the high grass again.
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Better the cottage where one is merry than the palace where one weeps.
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Gold is tested by fire, man by gold.
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Honey in his mouth, knives in his heart.
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In shallow holes moles make fools of dragons.
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