It is good to hold the clothes of one who is swimming.
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He who would be long an old man must begin betimes.
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All saint without, all devil within.
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He has done like the Perugian who, when his head was broken, ran home for his helmet.
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He sets the wolf to guard the sheep.
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Yielding is sometimes the best way of succeeding.
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