A cat that meweth much catcheth but few mice.
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The nobler the tree, the more pliant the twig.Dutch
Herring in the land, the doctor at a stand.
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By labour fire is got out of a stone.
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He has him under his thumb.
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Who knows the language is at home everywhere.
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Beware of a white Spaniard and a black Englishman.
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