The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
A shipwreck may occur near the beach. (Japanese)
A shipwreck on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea. (Dutch)
A common shipwreck is a consolation to all. (Roman)
Let another’s shipwreck be your sea-mark. (Danish)
No one can complain of the sea who twice suffers shipwreck. (German)
The man who has suffered shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea. (Roman)
The one who suffers shipwreck twice is unjust to blame Neptune. (Roman)
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