The ready back gets all the loads.
More Latvian Proverbs:
As long as you live, you learn.Latvian
Every man forges his own destiny.
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No matter how much you eat, save some seeds for sowing.
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Once you've cut the bread, you cannot put it together again.
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On the hook of truth only small carp will bite; in the net of falsehood the big salmon are caught.
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Let the devil into church and he will climb into the pulpit.
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