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Too many feathers can sink a boat, and too many knick-knacks can break an axle.
Too much food spoils the appetite, and too much talk becomes worthless.
Too much glue won't stick, and too many words won't either.
A foot can be too long and an inch can be long enough.
A full stomach has no appetite.
Why use an ox-slaughtering knife to kill chickens?
Going too far is as bad as not going far enough.
A peck of grain can make a friend; a bushel of grain can make a foe.
After eating hundreds of rats, the cat is on a pilgrimage.
There once was a lady of Spain
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