There’s no bread without hoe.
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When cat is absent, mice dance.Serbo-Croatian
A pan was mocking a pot because his mouth is big.
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Where there are many midviwes, children will be feeble.
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Iron is worked when it's still hot.
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What you can do today do not leave off for tomorrow.
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Not all shiny things are golden.
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