All criminals turn preachers under the gallows.
More Traditional Proverbs:
Love this Earth as if you won't be here tomorrow show reverence for your Garden as if you will be here forever.Traditional
The granary is at the point of the plowshare.
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Black as the Devil, sweet as a stolen kiss
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He that died half a year ago is as dead as Adam
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.
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He who wants Lent to seem short should contract a debt to be repaid at Easter
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