Who pays beforehand is served behindhand.
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If I went to sea I should find it dry.Italian
He who would be rich in a year gets hanged in six months.
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Who does not wish to be like the wolf let him not wear its skin.
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It is too late to come with water when the house is burnt down.
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It is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies.
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There is no worse robber than a bad book.
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