188 Finnish Proverbs / Page 10
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You always lose.182.
You are not a man until you have plowed a field.183.
You can disguise wealth but you can't hide poverty.184.
You can't trust that a job will be done properly unless you do it yourself.185.
You don't get anywhere if you run in your thoughts.186.
You get a lot of these blows, said the busy bee when he flew against a brick wall.187.
You're just like a baby; one never knows what comes and when it comes.188.
Your memory can let you down like it did to a Finn who was carving a wooden spoon.