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"sense": "if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful",
"word": "a cent anys, coteta verda"
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"word": "老糊塗最糊塗"
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"word": "老糊涂最糊涂"
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"word": "Alter schützt vor Torheit nicht"
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"word": "stary, a głupi"
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"roman": "stárovo psa nóvym fókusam ne naúčišʹ",
"sense": "if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful",
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"word": "la cabeza blanca y el seso por venir"
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"word": "老糊涂最糊涂"
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"sense": "if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful",
"word": "ста́рого пса но́вым фо́кусам не нау́чишь"
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"sense": "if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful",
"word": "нет ху́же дурака́, чем ста́рый дура́к"
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"sense": "if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful",
"word": "la cabeza blanca y el seso por venir"
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"sense": "if a person does not develop wisdom with age, then their foolishness is all the more obvious and shameful",
"word": "henach henach, ffolach ffolach"
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"word": "there's no fool like an old fool"
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