the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last

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• Czech: tak dlouho se chodí se džbánem pro vodu, až se ucho utrhne — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• Finnish: ruukku käy kaivolla, kunnes se särkyy — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• French: tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casse — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• German: der Krug geht so lange zum Brunnen, bis er bricht — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• Polish: póty dzban wodę nosi, póki się ucho nie urwie — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• Portuguese: tantas vezes vai o cântaro à fonte, que um dia lá deixa a asa — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• Romanian: ulciorul nu merge de multe ori la apă — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks
• Spanish: tanto va el cántaro a la fuente que al final se rompe — When you use a thing too much, it ultimately breaks