He who takes a child by the hand takes a mother by the heart.

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• Who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart.
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• He who takes a partner takes a master.
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• He who feeds the hen ought to have the egg.
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• Let he who takes the plunge remember to
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• He who would leap far must first take a long run.
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• He who builds according to every man's advice will have a crooked house.
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• He who waits for a dead man's shoes is in danger of going barefoot.
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• He who sows peas on the highway does not get all the pods into his barn.
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