The river is flat but the banks are steep.
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Once you have fallen into the water, you're not scared of water any more.
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Hang a German, even if he is a good man.
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There is plenty of sound in an empty barrel.
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Thanks to one small candle the whole of Moscow burns.
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After your daughter is married, there comes a number of potential sons-in-law.
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