Word is not a sparrow: flies out, can’t catch it.
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You don't get something for nothing.Russian
A thousand friends are few; one enemy is too many.
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If you learn a lot, you'll age soon.
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If you learn a lot, you'll age soon.
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The sooner you get in, the sooner you get out.
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He lived a colonel but died a corpse.
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