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The crow thinks her own bird fairest.Traditional · English / proverb
Meaning: Affection or personal attachment can make someone see what is theirs as especially admirable. The saying points to partial judgement without making a loved person or cherished work objectively inferior.
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Pour not water on a drowned mouse.Traditional · English / proverb
Meaning: Do not add burdens to someone already overwhelmed. Pouring more water onto a drowned mouse gives a stark image of effort that cannot help and may only worsen an already hopeless situation.
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Who loves his glass without a G, Take away L and that is he.Traditional · English / proverb
Meaning: Removing G from glass gives lass, and removing L from lass gives ass. The wordplay mocks a person who becomes foolish through romantic attachment, but the verbal trick does not prove its judgment about love.
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The balance distinguishes not between gold and lead.Traditional · English / proverb
Meaning: A measure can register one property without recognising the differences that matter for another judgement. Equal weight does not mean equal value; choose evidence suited to the question.
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