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	There is no easy road to learning.	学問に王道なし。
	Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.	猿も木から落ちる。
	An ox is captured by the horns, a person is bound by his word.	牛は角により、人は言葉により捕まえられる。
	Never too much of anything.	過ぎたるは及ばざるが如し。
	Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.	弘法も筆の誤り。
	A burnt child fears the fire.	火傷した子は火を怖がる。
	The best swimmers are oftenest drowned.	河童の川流れ。
	Even the worthy Homer sometimes nods.	ホーマーも時には居眠りをする。
	Whom God loves, his bitch brings forth pigs.	神が愛する人には飼い犬から子豚が生まれる。