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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove any doubt.

Beauty may only be skin deep but ugly cuts clear to the bone.

Steal a little and they put you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king.

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Leave sleeping dogs lie.

Discretion is the better part of valor.

You can lead a horse to water but I'll never suck it's ass to make it drink. (my version)

I can explain it to you but I can't force you to understand it.
 

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Steal a little and they put you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king
Bob Dylan
“They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings steal a little and they throw you in jail. Steal a lot and then they make you king.”

― Bob Dylan

The first half of the lyric borrowed from Samuel Johnson.
Do you know where hoosiers’ quote comes from?