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What good is a golden gallows if they are going to hang you.
Swiss Proverb
A monk in his cloister, a fish in the water, a thief in the gallows.
German Proverb
No armor is proof against the gallows.
German Proverb
He goes as willingly as a thief to the gallows.
German Proverb
Lying is the first step to the gallows.
German Proverb
He who lies, hangs from a gallows - he who does not, hangs twice.
Bulgarian Proverb
The thief becomes the gallows well.
Portuguese Proverb
Save a thief from the gallows and he'll be the first who shall cut your throat.
Italian Proverb
The gallows was made for the unlucky.
Italian Proverb
Vain speeches lead a man to the gallows.
Corsican Proverb
On the gallows, the first night is the worst.
Finnish Proverb
A man must eat, though every tree were a gallows.
Dutch Proverb
"bad company,” said the thief, as he went to the gallows between the hangman and a monk.
Dutch Proverb
He who is destined for the gallows will not be drowned.
Russian Proverb
All criminals turn preachers under the gallows.
Traditional Proverb
The end of the thief is the gallows.
American Proverb
He who was born to be hanged will not be drowned, unless the water go over the gallows.
Danish Proverb
We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows.
German Proverb
Both the cross and the gallows are made of wood.
Polish Proverb
Take down a thief from the gallows and he will hang you up.
Italian Proverb
The gallows will have its own at last.
Italian Proverb
Ill company brings many a man to the gallows.
Romanian Proverb
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