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A living bishop is worth a hundred dead saints any time. — American
A dead bee will make no honey. — English
A dead body has its coffin, and a live man his hut. — Russian
A dead goat does not fear the knife. — African (Ga)
A wet hand will hold a dead herring. — English
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A sharpened knife will not butcher a dead cow. — African (Fulani)
A miser is like a sow, useful only when dead. — Czech
A dead man does not make war. — Italian
A dead man's will is the mirror of his life. — Polish
A grudge is not held against a dead person. — African (Zulu)
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A dead person has no mouth. — Japanese
A dead man pays no debts. — Serbo-Croatian
A dead man has neither relations nor friends. — French
A dead man does not speak. — Portuguese
A cemetery never refuses a dead man. — Lebanese
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A centipede though dead will not fall. — Japanese
A tiger leaves its skin when dead, but men live by their fame instead. — Malaysian
A hide that is stretched is a dead one. — Indian (Hindi)
A living dog is better than a dead lion. — English
Alive, we live in the same house or under the same roof. Dead, we rest in the same tomb. — Malagasy
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All brides are beautiful; all the dead are pious. — Yiddish
As long as the language lives the nation is not dead. — Czech
As the grass cannot grow in the sky, so the dead cannot look out of the grave into the road. — African (Yoruba)
Better a living dog than a dead lion. — German
Better red than dead. — American
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