By going gains the mill, and not by standing still.
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Your windmill dwindles into a nutcrack.Portuguese
Give me money, not advice.
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Give me money, not advice.
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A busy mother makes slothful daughters.
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He who make more of you than he is wont, either means to cheat you or wants you.
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The worth of a thing is what it will bring.
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