"the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1957, Norman Rich, M.H. Fisher, The Holstein Papers, volume 2, page 317",
          "text": "On these last two points the Chancellor could have given way. He was adamant because he and Hebert wanted to demonstrate their power. The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it is broken at last.",
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          "ref": "2006, Nigel McCrery, Still Waters, Book 1, page 267",
          "text": "She couldn't have expected her luck to last forever: The pitcher goes so often to the well, that it is broken at last, wasn't that what they said?",
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          "text": "Madame knew her hour was fixed and she would not live a minute beyond it; nor did she want to, for, as she said, \"The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last.\" They bled her when she was too weak to resist, as doctors always do what they like when the patient is feeble.",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "tak dlouho se chodí se džbánem pro vodu, až se ucho utrhne"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "ruukku käy kaivolla, kunnes se särkyy"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "der Krug geht so lange zum Brunnen, bis er bricht"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "póty dzban wodę nosi, póki się ucho nie urwie"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "tantas vezes vai o cântaro à fonte, que um dia lá deixa a asa"
        },
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "ulciorul nu merge de multe ori la apă"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "пова́дился кувши́н по́ воду ходи́ть — там ему́ и го́лову сломи́ть (povádilsja kuvšín pó vodu xodítʹ — tam jemú i gólovu slomítʹ)",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
          "word": "tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe"
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  "word": "the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
      "word": "tak dlouho se chodí se džbánem pro vodu, až se ucho utrhne"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
      "word": "ruukku käy kaivolla, kunnes se särkyy"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
      "word": "tant va la cruche à l’eau qu’à la fin elle se casse"
    },
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
      "word": "der Krug geht so lange zum Brunnen, bis er bricht"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
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    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
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    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
      "word": "ulciorul nu merge de multe ori la apă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "пова́дился кувши́н по́ воду ходи́ть — там ему́ и го́лову сломи́ть (povádilsja kuvšín pó vodu xodítʹ — tam jemú i gólovu slomítʹ)",
      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks",
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  "word": "the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last"
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