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Let the dead rest. — German
Little birds may pick a dead lion. — English
No matter how hard you throw a dead fish in the water, it still won’t swim. — African (Congo)
One mourns for the dead seven days, but for a fool a whole lifetime. — Yiddish
One living Pope is better than ten dead. — Italian
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Plain dealing is dead. — English
Praise no man till he is dead. — English
Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you. — Cameroonian
Singing without remuneration is like a dead body without perfumes. — African (Egypt)
Speak well of the dead. — English
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The dead man is abused. — African (Ovambo)
The miser and the pig are of no use till dead. — French
The dead and the absent have no friends. — Spanish
The devil is dead. — English
The dead dog will bite no more. — Indian (Tamil)
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The dead have few friends. — English
The dead open the eyes of the living. — Portuguese
The purse of the dead man is turned inside out. — Greek
The dead are no longer terrible. — Ghanaian
The whims of the living become the bequests of the dead. — Greek
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The dead are soon forgotten. — French
The dead, and only they, should do nothing. — English
There is no grief so great as that for a dead heart. — Chinese
There are only two good men; one is dead, and the other is not born. — English
There is no discrimination in the forest of the dead. — African (Annang)
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