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The cow is milked, not the ox; the sheep is shorn, not the horse.
Danish Proverb
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If you forgive the fox for stealing your chickens, he will take your sheep.
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Get your ox from a young cow and your horse from an old mare.
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The deceived sheep that went for wool and came back shorn.
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Many a sheep goes out woolly and comes home shorn.
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When yuh ain't got horse, ride cow.
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