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      1 Take a second look; it costs you nothing CHINA

      2 Little said is easy mended; nothing said needs no mending IRELAND

      3 Nothing should be done in a hurry except catching fleas GERMANY

      4 Nothing enters into a closed hand SCOTLAND

      5 Nothing dries sooner than a tear LATIN

      6 Nothing kills like doing nothing DENMARK

      7 Nothing venture, nothing gain ENGLAND

      8 When the sun shines the moon has nothing to do FRANCE

      9 Those who are silent do not say nothing SPAIN

      10 When in doubt, do nothing ENGLAND

      11 Someone who stands behind a wall can see nothing else JAPAN

      12 What costs nothing is worth nothing NETHERLANDS

      13 One servant is a servant; two servants are half a servant; three servants are no servant at all POLAND

      14 The one who hunts two rats will catch neither UGANDA

      15 The one who hunts two hares will catch neither FRANCE

      16 Who does not understand half a word will not be wiser for a whole word FINLAND

      17 Half a loaf is better than no bread ENGLAND

      1 A reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog; they keep him from broodin’ on being a dog USA

      2 When rats infest the palace a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse CHINA

      3 Many donkeys need much straw SPAIN: BASQUE

      4 You are as many a person as languages you know ARMENIA

      5 Many books do not use up words; many words do not use up thoughts CHINA

      6 Too many affairs are like pumpkins in water; one pops up while you try to hold down the other CHINA

      7 Three are too many and two are too few BELGIUM

      8 Many kiss the child for the nurse’s sake ENGLAND

      9 Many lose when they win, and others win when they lose GERMANY

      10 One may as well lose the game by a card too much as a card too few SPAIN

      11 Much treasure, many moths ESTONIA

      12 The frightened person has many voices FINLAND

      13 Many speak a word which if it were a florin they would put back in their purse GERMANY

      14 If pride were an art, how many graduates we should have ITALY

      15 Those who read many epitaphs, lose their memory LATIN

      16 Many a true word is spoken in jest ENGLAND

      17 The rose that is smelt by many loses its fragrance SPAIN

      18 There are many paths to the top of the mountain – but the view is always the same CHINA

      19 On a green tree there are many parrots INDIA

      20 Many have bees and buy wax GERMANY

      21 Many drops make a puddle NETHERLANDS

      22 Too many cooks spoil the broth ENGLAND

      23 Too many cooks oversalt the porridge NETHERLANDS

      24 Too many hands spoil the pie USA

      25 There’s many a slip between cup and lip ENGLAND

      26 Words will pay for most things SPAIN

      27 Goods held in common mostly get lost GERMANY

      28 Charity covers a multitude of sins ENGLAND

      29 Numerous calls confuse the dog TANZANIA

      30 Small cares make many words, great ones are mute GERMANY

      31 Gossips always suspect that others are talking about them NIGERIA

      32 When people praise, few believe it, but when they blame, all believe it BELGIUM

      1 If he calls it a silly and childish game, that means his wife can beat him at it USA

      2 ’Tis a good word that can better a good silence NETHERLANDS

      3 Beyond black there is no colour IRAN

      4 There is always a boss above the boss NETHERLANDS

      5 Great minds think alike ENGLAND

      6 They are truly superior who can look upon a game of chess in silence CHINA

      7 Good painters need not give a name to their pictures; bad ones must POLAND

      8 If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em USA

      9 The more servants, the worse service NETHERLANDS

      10 Good things sell themselves; bad things have to be advertised ETHIOPIA

      11 Good is good, but better is better NETHERLANDS

      12 Mediocrity is climbing molehills without sweating ICELAND

      13 There is no such thing as a pretty good omelette FRANCE

      14 One bad pipe ruins the entire organ NETHERLANDS

      15 There are dregs in the best bottle of wine FRANCE

      16 Count not what is lost but what is left CHINA

      17 When one sheep is over the dam, the rest will follow NETHERLANDS

      18 Pretty near ain’t quite USA

      19 One rotten egg spoils the whole pudding GERMANY

      20 One rotten apple spoils the whole barrel ENGLAND

      21 Rotten wood cannot be carved CHINA

      22 ‘If I rest, I rust’, says the key GERMANY

      23 The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second-best time is now CHINA

      1 Those who mix themselves with the mud will be eaten by the swine NETHERLANDS

      2 If you get mixed with bran, you’ll soon be pecked by chickens LIBYA

      3 Tangled hair needs a wide comb SERBIA

      4 When the hands and the feet are bound, the tongue runs faster GERMANY

      5 Oil and water will not mix ENGLAND

      6 Drinking and thinking don’t mix USA

      7 An ox is bound with ropes

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