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None so busy as those who do nothing.... >>

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Other Proverbs

He who spits above himself will have it fall on his face.... (Spanish) >>

In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to... (English) >>

Necessity never made a good bargain.... (American) >>

Confession is the first step to repentance.... (English) >>

Set trees poor and they grow rich; set them rich and they of... (English) >>

The niggard spends as much as he who is liberal, and in the end more.

- French Proverb