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Escape from a tiger to be eaten by a crocodile.

It is easier to catch an escaped horse than to take back an escaped word.

Courage is ten, nine is the ability to escape.

Liberation of prisoners

This spell is a blessing of release, which describes how Idisi (in Viking or Scandinavian mythology, Idisi are fate goddesses) free from their shackles warriors caught during battle. The last two lines contain the magic...

A man doesn't escape from bees with a lump of honey in his hand.

The animal that escapes the hunter's spear is only allowed to go.

Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can't catch them again.

If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way.

Saving mustard seeds in hand, while a watermelon escapes.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hindred days of sorrow.

We hang little thieves, and let great ones escape.

Who can escape envy and blame, that speaks or writes for public fame?

Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape.

You can't escape your destiny.

An eel escapes from a good fisherman.

He is not escaped who drags his chain.

He that lets his fish escape, may cast his net often yet never catch it again.

Only when the horses have escaped do men repair the stable.

Either he gets accustomed or he escapes.

The great thief escapes, the small one hangs.