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1 _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
all covet, all lose avarice and happiness never saw each all the chase of gain is rich in hate don't wait for dead men's shoes an evil gain is equal to a loss if you run after two hares you'll catch none many kiss the child for the nurse's sake near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt no longer pipe, no longer dance one beats the bush, and another catches the birds a penny soul never came to twopence the pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more poverty wants some things, luxury many things, avarice all things what is got over the devil's back is spent under his bellyEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > _ненажерливість; скупість; користолюбство
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