When there is nothing the church loses.
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Neither women nor linen by candlelight.Italian
Blessings brighten as they take their flight.
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When a man has fallen into the mire, the more he flounders the more he fouls himself.
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Better to fall from the window than the roof.
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Injury is to be measured by malice.
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When you see the wolf, do not look for his track.
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