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The river is flat but the banks are steep.
Russian Proverb
A man who lives on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
Ibo Proverb
A man who lives on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
African Proverb
Passing the Rubicon. When he arrived at the banks of the Rubicon, which divides Cisalpine Gaul from the rest of Italy ... he stopped to deliberate.... At last he cried out: "The die is cast" and immediately passed the river.
English Proverb
The world is like an old building on the banks of a stream – it carries away piece by piece; in vain you stop it with a handful of earth.
Persian Proverb