Measure three times and cut once.
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More unlucky than dogs in church.Italian
A drowning man would catch at razors.
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Who keeps company with a wolf will learn to howl.
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Never spur a willing horse.
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The danger past, the saint cheated.
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All ships leak: some amidships, some in the bows, some in the hold.
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