When you are in a pack of hounds, you either bark or wag your tail.
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If one hand were the other they would both want to be clean.
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You cannot drive straight on a twisting lane.
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Make a friend of the wolf, but keep your axe ready.
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The poorer, the more generous.
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The poorer, the more generous.
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