Sweep before your own door before you look after your neighbour’s.
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Behind the cross stands the devil.Dutch
Don't buy a pig in a poke.
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What is bred in the bone won't out of the flesh.
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A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea.
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When the cook and the steward fall out, we hear who stole the butter.
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God sells knowledge for labour, honour for risk.
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