He who dies not in his twenty-third year, drowns not in his twenty-fourth, and is not slain in his twenty-fifth, may boast of good days.
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He that lives with cripples learns to limp.
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Death is in the pot.
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Who has only one eye must take good care of it.
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It is easier to make a lady of a peasant girl than a peasant girl of a lady.
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A thief makes opportunity.
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