He who goes to law for a sheep loses his cow.


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ENGLISH PROVERB
He who loses money loses much; he who loses a friend loses muchmore; he who loses faith loses all.
ANONYMOUS
He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all...
HENRY H HASKINS
He who loses money losses much. He who loses a friend loses more. But he who loses faith loses all.
HENRY H. HASKINS
That man's a fool whose sheep flees twice. - Oji proverb
AFRICAN PROVERBS
He who loses money loses much, he who lost a friend, lost more, but he who loses faith in the Almigh...
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He loses his thanks who promises and delays.
PROVERB
He never loses his head. He never loses his composure.
GREG MOODY
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ROBERT BURTON
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
MATTHEW ARNOLD
Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
MATTHEW ARNOLD
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BIBLE
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DAVID MCLENNAN
Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery
MATTHEW ARNOLD
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PRISCILLA CHAN
A man loses his fortune; he gains earnestness. His eyesight goes; it leads him to a spirituality. Th...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE SR.
Once Arden said, "Why is it that one sheep is called a sheep and multiple sheep are also called shee...
RILEY CARNEY
Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.
MATTHEW ARNOLD
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FLOYD PATTERSON
He who lets the goat be laid on his shoulders is soon after forced to carry the cow
ITALIAN PROVERB
The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixit...
SIDONIE GABRIELLE COLETTE
The writer who loses his self-doubt, who gives way as he grows old to a sudden euphoria, to prolixit...
COLETTE
The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer ...
FLOYD PATTERSON
What doth it profit a man if he gains the who world and loses his own soul?
BIBLE
If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.
ALBERT SCHWEITZER
If he loses his temper that easily, where he has to kick somebody, then what's gonna happen next tim...
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Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
ROBERT G. INGERSOLL
Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
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Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.
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He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet whe...
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Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end.
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A shepherd may like to travel, but he should never forget his sheep.
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WILLIAM BLAKE
If he loses a bunch of holes, he won't be pumping his fist.
DAVIS LOVE III
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He gains a great deal who loses a vain hope.
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OSCAR WILDE
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He who throws dirt always loses ground.
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He who slings mud generally loses ground.
ADLAI E. STEVENSON
What's the worst thing that can happen to a quarterback? He loses his confidence.
TERRY BRADSHAW
If he loses, he gets to do dishes for a week.
CHRIS MEKOS
Who loses a day loses life
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
A good cricketer never loses his nerve.
He just bats on!
ANTHONY T.HINCKS
Without liberty, law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without law, liberty al...
JAMES WILSON
Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty als...
JAMES Q. WILSON
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SABINE BARING-GOULD
He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from his goats
BIBLE
He who never goes to your house doesn’t want you in his house.
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KEITH ASHDOWN
cash cow, and cash cows shouldn't be what's driving law enforcement.
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He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
WILLIAM JAMES
He who refuses to embrace a unique opportunity loses the prize as surely as if he had failed.
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The ballplayer who loses his head, who can't keep his cool, is worse than no ballplayer at all.
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It's Lance overall, it's his story, his personality. That doesn't change if he loses.
LISA FLEMING
A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light.
HENRY MORGAN
Help your father
As he ages
And loses his strength
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A man loses contact with reality if he is not surrounded by his books.
FRANCOIS MITTERRAND
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TERRY PRATCHETT
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OSCAR WILDE
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ANDREJ NIKOLAIDIS
As the Chinese proverb goes, 'Real gold does not fear the test of fire.
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He goes not out of his way that goes to a good inn
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Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedo...
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SPANISH PROVERB
He who is judge between two friends loses one of them
FRENCH PROVERB
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To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pr...
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To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pr...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
He told us we're not going just to be there. Nobody remembers who loses.
MAX STARKS
Who so neglects learning in his youth loses the past and is dead to the future.'
EURIPIDES
What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul.
JESUS CHRIST
Heaven has given to every human being the power of controlling his passions, and if he neglects or l...
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of aut...
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No sheep may leave the flock," he said to anyone who would listen, "unless he comes back again.
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What does a man gain in marriage? nothing his peace he loses it to his wife his temper he has to let...
APURVA GAGLANI
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO)
I say, I've fed his sheep. Now I'll tend to them, ... tend to my sheep.
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