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He beat the bushes and another caught the birds.... >>

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Adventures are to the adventurous.... (English) >>

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My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves, and upset the kett... (Spanish) >>

Raise ravens and they will peck our your eye.... (Spanish) >>

Little beard, little modesty.... (Spanish) >>

A good fox does not eat his neighbour's fowls.

- French Proverb