There never was a shoe however handsome that did not become an ugly slipper.
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The world belongs to the phlegmatic.Italian
The rotten apple injures its neighbour.
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Who dangles after the great is the last at table and the first to be cuffed.
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Sell not the bear's skin before you have caught him.
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Moderate profits fill the purse.
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Have two strings to your bow.
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