If you are too modest you will go hungry.
Go to law for a sheep and lose your cow.
Go to the law for a sheep and lose your cow.
The sky is the same color wherever you go.
If you are going to bathe, get thoroughly wet.
If the stomachache were in the foot, one would go lame.
Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
Laws catch flies, but let hornets go free.
He who sows brambles must not go barefoot.
What good is a golden gallows if they are going to hang you.
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
Go quickly but don't fall off my step.
Prayers go up and blessings come down.
Things that are useful to people go into the cooking pot.
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