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Not everyone who has a cowl on is a monk.
He who does not risk, will never drink champagne. We do not care of what we have, but we cry when it is lost. Idleness is the mother of all vices. Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms. You cannot pull a fish out of a pond without labour. Do not make an elephant out of a fly. A pig in a parlor is still a pig. You do not swap horses while crossing the ford. An empty barrel makes the greatest sound. Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are. God gives to those who get up early. You do not need a whip to urge on an obedient horse. One who sits between two chairs may easily fall down. Friendship is friendship, but money has to be counted. There are many fathers, but only one mother. One gets to know people during games and on journeys. Failure teaches you more than success. As many steps a man has paced, so many sins has he committed. Either your chest will be arrayed in medals or your head will be in the bushes. If you chase after two rabbits, you won't even catch one. What the eyes do not see the heart does not desire. If heaven rained milk, only the rich would have pitchers to catch it in. Where the devil has no time to go, he sends a woman. When money speaks the truth keeps silent. Force breaks force. Those who are brave get to eat. Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea. Praise the day in the evening. Who is pleased with little is not forgotten by God. Don't poke your nose into someone else's monastery with your own regulations. A drop of water in the eyes of the Tsar costs the country many handkerchiefs. Every ruble bears a sin. In the next world usurers have to count red-hot coins with bare hands. Give the trough and the pigs will appear.
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