The thief is frightened even by a mouse.
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Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.Italian
Who takes a lion at a distance fears a mole present.
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Good wine makes good blood.
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Drink wine and let water go to the mill.
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A rotting fish begins to stink at the head.
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He who does the wrong forgets it, but not he who receives it.
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