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A full belly sets a man jigging.... >>

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Keep counsel of thyself first.... (English) >>

It goes ill in the house where the hen sings and the cock is... (Spanish) >>

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I a lazy lout, you a lazy lout, marry me, Antonia.... (Spanish) >>

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If you cannot say it, point to it with your finger.

- French Proverb