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When two dogs fight over a bone, a third one carries it away.
Dutch Proverb
Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
African Congo Proverb
The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.
Hindi Proverb
A good deal for two, is a clip on the ears of a third.
Finnish Proverb
The first [cup of vodka] goes as a stake, the second as a falcon, and the third as a little bird.
Russian Proverb
At the first cup man drinks wine, at the second wine drinks wine, at the third wine drinks man.
Japanese Proverb
Let a wrong-doing repeat itself at least three times: the first may be an accident, the second a mistake, but the third is likely to be intentional.
African Proverb
Treat your guest as a guest for two days - then on the third day give him a hoe.
African Proverb
The first year let your house to your enemy; the second to your friend; the third live in it yourself.
English Proverb
Taking the first step with the good thought, the second with the good word, and the third with the good deed, I enter paradise.
Persian Proverb
Third time is the charm.
Portuguese Proverb
Third time lucky.
Portuguese Proverb
Of three things the devil makes a salad: advocate's tongues, notaries' fingers, and a third that shall be nameless.
Italian Proverb
Two dogs fight for a bone and a third runs away with it.
Italian Proverb
With the first wife is matrimony, the second company, the third heresy.
Italian Proverb
Guest and fish stinks at third day.
Czech Proverb
Two hungry meals make the third a glutton.
Scottish Proverb
A person is a guest for one or two days, but becomes an intruder on the third.
Nigerian Proverb
A brave man is scared of a lion three times: first when he sees the tracks; second when he hears the first roar; and third when they are face to face.
Somali Proverb
A guest, like a fish, stinks the third day.
Dutch Proverb
One does it for love, another for honour, a third for money.
Dutch Proverb
The third person makes good company.
Dutch Proverb
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