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Moss does not grow on a much turned stone

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A rolling stone gathers no moss

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Always moving from place to place or job to job stops a person from accumulating much
(A proverb that is of little relevance, in these days of job insecurity and short-term work contracts)

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One swallow does not make a summer

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In the languages of southern Europe, the equivalent proverb usually has 'spring' rather than 'summer', because migrating swallows arrive earlier there than they do in northern Europe

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You cannot infer a general rule or norm from just a single case

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Walls have ears

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Children and fools speak the truth

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People unable to think or conceal their feelings, either because of youth or mental infirmity, speak out loud what they feel and see.

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An oak is not felled at one stroke

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A major project needs many things to be done before it is completed

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Every yellow thing is not gold

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All is not gold that glitters

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Be wary of appearances, because not everything that looks good really is so

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Where there is smoke, there is fire

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No smoke without some fire

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If you see the effect of something, somewhere will be the thing that caused it

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Don’t skin the deer till you get it

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Don't sell the bear's skin before you have caught him

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It is unwise to be over-optimistic and to assume that a difficult or dangerous task will be successful

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Well knows the mouse that the cat's not in the house

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When the cat's away, the mice will play

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This suggests that, in the absence of an organisation's superior, many liberties are taken