When a rich man falls they say it was an accident; when a poor man falls they say that he was drunk.
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Don't speak sweet words when your deeds are of stone.Turkish
Too much prudishness makes the lover sick.
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Where there are no sheep, they call the goat princess.
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He who has to be hanged, will not drown.
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Everything is worn out with usage -- except for experience.
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An ember burns where it falls.
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