Not a few proverbs are dear children of experience.
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A dimple in the chin, your living comes in; a dimple in the cheek, your living to seek.English
He that bulls the cow must keep the calf.
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It is a proud horse that will not bear his own provender.
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It was the last straw that broke the camel's back.
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Clogs to clogs in three generations.
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He that walketh with the virtuous is one of them.
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