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English proverbs
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
Diseases come on horseback, but go away on foot.
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A sound mind in a sound body.
Here today and gone tomorrow.
It is only the dead who do not return.
Speak well of the dead.
There is a remedy for all things but death.
Health is better than wealth.
A man can die but once.
What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
Death is the grand leveller.
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Latin
Venit morbus eques, suevit abire pedes.
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The horseman's sickness came, and his feet swore to leave.
French
Les maladies viennent à cheval et s'en retournent à pied.
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Illnesses come on horseback and return on foot.
Le mal vient à cheval et s'en retourne à pied.
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Evil comes on horseback and returns on foot.
German
Krankheit kommt zu Pferde und geht zu Fuß wieder weg.
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Disease comes on horseback and leaves on foot.
Czech
Nemoc na koni přijíždí, a pěšky odchází.
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Sickness arrives on horseback, and departs on foot.