Sometimes an egg is given for an ox.
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Where shall a man have a worse friend than he brings from home.Italian
Starlings are lean because they go in flocks.
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It is better to hear the nightingale sing than the mouse gnaw.
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The best swimmer is the first to drown himself.
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A fool carveth a piece of his heart to every one that sits near him.
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He that is afraid of the devil does not grow rich.
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