If the thunder is not loud, the peasant forgets to cross himself.
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Pray to God, but keep on rowing to the shore.Russian
Confide a secret to a dumb man and he will speak.
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Death is not found behind mountains but right behind our shoulders.
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Only chained bears dance.
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Bad luck is fertile.
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The sluggard will not plough by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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