It is better to strive with a stubborn ass than to carry the wood on one’s back.
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Lose no rights, and commit no extortions.Spanish
The spider's web lets the rat escape and catches the fly.
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If you listen at a hole, you will hear ill of yourself as well as others.
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The father of a saint, the son of a sinner.
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Woe to the house where the hen crows and the rooster is still.
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The cask smells of the wine it contains.
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