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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.

Proverbs and old sayings English

To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up.

Proverbs and old sayings Armenian about thieves
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