| | IS PROVIDING PROVERBS A TOUGH JOB |
 | | listed as a proverb it ends with the words, «and an evil person from all sides» (EV 3270); it is not certain whether the press version is the author's creation or a paraphrase heard from elsewhere. |
 | | Proverbs occurring in the Economy column of Eesti Päevaleht were comparatively more abundant, including a striking example of manipulation with a proverb that was included in an insurance agent's call for buying insurance: «As the saying goes, «Stinging is no economy», and so is not being insured. |
 | | These additional proverbs were all situated in the first or the last paragraphs, and the «topic» of the proverb was not deviated from - the whole of the text between the proverb and the text border constituted a preparatory statement for the proverb or its conclusion. |
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