Better the certainty of the straddle (packsaddle) than the mere loan of a saddle.
More Traditional Proverbs:
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anewTraditional
A late Easter, a long cold spring.
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When the governing class isn't chosen for quality it is chosen for material wealth this always means decadence, the lowest stage a society can reach.
Traditional
If friends were flowers, I'd pick you.
Traditional
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.
Traditional
Don't raise your stick and the dog won't bark at you.
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