An eager dog often gets a torn skin.
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Small birds lay small eggs.Faroese
Old ones are good at councelling.
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When the mouse is full, the flour tastes bitter.
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You can take the ox to the river, but begging it won't make it drink.
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Nobody is to eat the morsel of someone else.
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There are misfortunes in almost every family.
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