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Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs.... >>

All temptations are found either in hope or fear.... >>

Fools build houses, and wise men buy them.... >>

A good servant makes a bad enemy.... >>

Other Proverbs

The day I did not sweep the house, there came to it one I di... (Spanish) >>

When ill-luck sleeps, let no one wake her.... (Spanish) >>

The king goes as far as he can, not so far as he would.... (Spanish) >>

The threatener loses the opportunity of vengeance.... (Spanish) >>

Prepare for calamity not yet in bud.... (Chinese) >>

The greater the truth, the greater the libel.

- English Proverb