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Let not the tongue speak what the head may have to pay for.
No road is safer than the one just robbed. He who makes more of you than usual either designs to cheat you or wants your assistance. He who assists everybody assists nobody. Where one door closes, another one opens. An answer without a question signals guilt without question. Works, and not words, are the proofs of love. Conversations are food for the soul. Raise a wall of mortar and stone between the holy man and the saintly woman. The hypocrite is known by his actions, not by his clothes. All time spent angry is time lost being happy. Better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. The bowman who is a bad marksman has a lie ready. Rocking chairs make long-tailed cats uneasy. Keep your counsel arrested until it's requested. A word and a stone once thrown away cannot be returned. Calm seas make sorry sailors. Grinding and grinding wears out the hardest of grindstones. Do not refuse the body what it asks for. Once a traitor, always a traitor. A good deed is the best prayer. A corpse and an uninvited guest stink after a couple of days. Cheapness costs dearly. He is not to blame who does his duty. The best bullfighter is the one in the box seats. He who speaks too much is tiresome; he who speaks too little is a bore. Talking about bulls is not the same as facing them in the ring. The lazy work twice as much. To the satiated bird, cherries taste bitter. Truth may suffer to death, but it never dies. Tell me what you are eager to buy and I will tell you what you are. A good resolution is like an old horse which is often saddled but rarely ridden. He who never goes to your house doesn't want you in his. When a friar begs in the name of God he does so for himself too. The gardener's footsteps do not spoil the garden.
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