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One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.

Proverbs and old sayings French about trap

He sleeps securely who has nothing to lose.

Proverbs and old sayings French about nothing

He will not lose his oats for want of braying.

Proverbs and old sayings French

To squeeze an eel too hard is the way to lose it.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Princes keep good reckoning, they never lose anything.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good, good luck

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

Proverbs and old sayings French about reason, love, contentment

He who recovers but the tail of his cow does not lose all.

Proverbs and old sayings French

What you lose in the fire, you will find amongst the ashes.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fire, fire brigade, contentment

If you lend something you may lose it, but not if you give it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about contentment

If you lose your wife and fifteen pennies -- oh! what a pity about the money.

Proverbs and old sayings French about wife, money, contentment

Roses and maidens soon lose their bloom.

Proverbs and old sayings German

I will win the horse, or lose the saddle.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Go to the law for a sheep and lose your cow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about law

He who has lost his freedom has nothing else to lose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about nothing

He who heeds not the lost shoe-nail, will soon lose the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings German

They that burn you for a witch lose all their coals.

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, contentment

To lose is to learn.

Proverbs and old sayings

If it's God's will the broom will lose its handle.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about god

You may be clever but you can never lose your shadow.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about intelligence, shadow, contentment

Any man can lose his hat in a fairy wind.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about fairy tales, man