Sell not the bear’s skin before you have caught him.
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When wine enters modesty departs.Italian
A fools knows his own business better than a wise man knows that of others.
Italian
He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Italian
Misfortunes, when asleep, are not to be awakened.
Italian
Never do evil that good may come of it.
Italian
A lawsuit is a fruit-tree planted in a lawyer's garden.
Italian