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Other Proverbs

My sister's son is a kinsman beyond dispute.... (Spanish) >>

Age can be a bad travelling companion.... (English) >>

A good painter need not give a name to his picture, a bad on... >>

You want better bread than wheaten.... (Spanish) >>

When we ask a favour, we say, Madam; when we obtain it, what... (Spanish) >>

Youth may stray afar yet return at last.

- French Proverb