He falsifies who renders a verse just as it looks


Yiddish Proverb

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If you can't go over, you must go under.
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Pride is the mask of one's own faults.
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Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.
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If the rich could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
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True poverty does not come from God.
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One chops the wood, the other does the grunting.
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I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.
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Some people are electrifying, they light up a room when they leave.
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
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He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a thief...
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A half truth is a whole lie.
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Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.
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God gave burdens, also shoulders.
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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
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A nation's treasure is its scholars.
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If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
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A penny is a lot of money, if you have not got a penny.
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He who marries for money earns it.
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Better an ounce of luck than a pound of gold.
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Loneliness breaks the spirit.
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No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
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The girl who can't dance says the band can't play.
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If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
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The heart is half a prophet.
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You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.
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He who puts up with insult invites injury.
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All of us are crazy in one way or another.
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He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral.
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Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.
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Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.
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Too humble is half proud.
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A mother understands what a child does not say.
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God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers
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If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.
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If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gives it to.
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If you can't go over, you must go under.
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It's astonishing how important a man becomes when he dies.
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.
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Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.
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Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble.
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God will provide -- ah, if only He would till He does!
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If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
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God is closest to those with broken hearts.
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Don't approach a goat from the front, a horse from the back, or a fool from any side.
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In life, each of us must sometimes play the fool.
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All things grow with time -- except grief.
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If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
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Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry.
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Charm is more than beauty.
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If you want your dreams to come true, don't over sleep.
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The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.
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A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.
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It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.
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Make sure to send a lazy man the angel of death.
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A man should go on living -- if only to satisfy his curiosity.
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What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
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Locks keep out only the honest.
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You can't force anyone to love you or lend you money.
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If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding.
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If you don't want to do something, one excuse is as good as another.
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.
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If we cannot do what we will, we must will what we can.
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If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep
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The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight because by then, your body and your fat are real...
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A wise man hears one word and understands two.
YIDDISH PROVERB
The eyes are the mirror of the soul
YIDDISH PROVERB
Prayers go up and blessings come down
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A golden key will open every lock.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A half-truth is a whole lie
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Other people's troubles are bearable.
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If you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm.
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If you can't bite, don't show your teeth.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living.
YIDDISH PROVERB
He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good.
YIDDISH PROVERB
Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A person should want to live, if only out of curiosity.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A man's worst enemies can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A half-truth is a whole lie.
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A guest is like rain: when he lingers on, he becomes a nuisance.
YIDDISH PROVERB
A child's tear rends the heavens.
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God were living on earth, people would break His windows
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God lived on Earth, people would knock out all His windows
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The wheel turns round
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Don't live in a town where there are no doctors
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God will provide - ah, if only He would till He does!
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What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul
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If a link is broken, the entire chain breaks.
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All signs are misleading
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Time and words can't be recalled, even if it was only yesterday
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Tomorrow your horse may be lame
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If you are bitter at heart, sugar in the mouth will not help you
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What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth
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The truth is not always what we want to hear
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To every answer you can find a new question
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God gave burdens, also shoulders
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If you have nothing to lose, you can try everything
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The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity
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Hell shared with a sage is better than paradise with a fool
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Surrounding yourself with dwarfs doesn't make you a giant
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One hand washes the other
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Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven
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Show a dog a finger, and he wants the whole hand
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Many complain of their looks, but none of their brains
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The soldiers fight, and the kings are heroes
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Better ask ten times than go astray once
YIDDISH PROVERB
Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out
YIDDISH PROVERB
He that can't endure the bad will not live to see the good
YIDDISH PROVERB
If God wants people to suffer, he sends them too much understanding
YIDDISH PROVERB
The whole world is a dream, and death the interpreter
YIDDISH PROVERB
He who puts up with insult invites injury
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If you ever need a helping hand you'll find one at the end of your arm
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If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water
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The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks
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He who comes for the inheritance is often made to pay for the funeral
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Life is the greatest bargain - we get it for nothing
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What you save is, later, like something found
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Don't spit into the well - you might drink from it later
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If rich people could hire other people to die for them, the poor could make a wonderful living
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A wise man hears one word and understands two
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When a thief kisses you, count your teeth
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Seek advice but use your own common sense
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With time, even a bear can learn to dance
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Surrounding yourself with dwarfs does not make you a giant
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The girl who can't dance says the band can't play
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Bygone troubles are good to tell
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The wagon rests in winter, the sleigh in summer, the horse never.
YIDDISH PROVERB
God made man because he loves stories
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A child's tear rends the heavens
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Gold's father is dirt, yet it regards itself as noble
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A rich man has no need of character
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If all pulled in one direction, the world would keel over
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Most people don't pray when they are on their knees but when they are on their backs
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To know and not to do is not to know
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Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.
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The time to make friends is before you need them.
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Short judgments make long friends.
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It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.
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A friend is someone who doesn't like the same people you do.
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Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
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Broken friendships can be soldered, but never sound.
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From small beginnings come great things.
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Some will, some don't, so what!
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Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
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Try and trust will move mountains.
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He who walks with the lame learns how to limp.
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Make peace with man and war with your sins.
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A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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All sins cast long shadows.
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Simplicity is the seal of truth.
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A silent mouth is melodious.
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Silence implies consent.
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The Laws of Clothing Shopping:
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If you like it...
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Shame is worse than death.
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God likes help when helping people.
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One is rated by others as he rates himself.
PROVERB
Attack is the best form of defense.
PROVERB
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
PROVERB
A secret between two is God's secret, between three is all men s.
PROVERB
When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB
It is better to be safe than sorry.
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Better to be safe than sorry.
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Kings have many ears and eyes.
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It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday.
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Every time you wake up and ask yourself, What good things am I going to do today?, remember t...
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A soft answer turneth away wrath.
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Cunning surpasses strength.
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What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can.
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Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dr...
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The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord.
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Two great talkers will not travel far together.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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He who comes from afar may lie without fear of contradiction as he is sure to be listened to with th...
PROVERB
A good speaker makes a good liar.
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Speaking comes by nature, silence by understanding.
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When at a loss how to go on, cough.
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Speak when you are spoken to.
PROVERB
Talking without thinking is like shooting without taking aim.
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The less people think the more they talk.
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Speak little and to the purpose.
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Speak and the man shall be shown.
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The soul is not where it lives, but where it loves.
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A little body often harbors a great soul.
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Life without a friend is death without a witness.
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The larger a man's roof, the more snow it collects.
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You can't steal second base with your foot on first.
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Risk -- If one has to jump a stream and knows how wide it is, he will not jump. If he doesn't know h...
PROVERB
Those who are once found to be bad are presumed so forever.
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What is the use of running when we are on the wrong.
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Revenge converts a little right into a great wrong.
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Vengeance is a dish best eaten cold.
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He has hard work who has nothing to do.
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