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A bad hair cut is two people's shame.
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A bad horse eats as much as a good one.
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A bad tree does not yield good apples.
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A bad wife wishes her husband's heel turned homewards, and not
his toe.
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A barren sow is never kind to pigs.
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A bird may be ever so small, it always seeks a nest of its own.
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A bird never flew on one wing.
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A blind pigeon may sometimes find a grain of wheat.
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A bold attempt is half success.
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A bold man has luck in his train.
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A boor remains a boor, though he sleep on silken bolsters.
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A borrowed horse and your own spurs make short miles.
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A bow long bent at length waxeth weak.
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A burnt child fears the fire, and a bitten child fears a dog.
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A child must creep until it learns to walk.
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A child's back must be bent early.
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A child's sorrow is short-lived.
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A clean hand moves freely through the land.
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A clever man's inheritance is found in every country.
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A cow is not called dappled unless she has a spot.
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A cross-grained woman and a snappish dog take care of the house.
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A crow is never the whiter for often washing.
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A crow thinks her own bird fairest.
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A crowd is not company.
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A curse will not strike out an eye, unless the fist go with it.
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A cursed cur should be short tied.
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A customary railer is the devil's bagpipe, which the world
danceth after.
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A deaf auditor makes a crazy answerer.
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A dog is a dog whatever his colour.
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A drunken may soon be made to dance.
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A drunken night makes a cloudy morning.
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A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
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A fair exchange brings no quarrel.
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A fair exchange is no robbery.
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A fair face will get its praise, though the owner keep silent.
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A fair skin often covers a crooked mind.
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A fool is like all other men as long as he remains silent.
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A fool is like other men as long as he is silent.
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A fool laughs when others laugh.
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A fool only wins the first game.
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A foul mouth must be provided with a strong back.
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A friend's faults may be notices, but not blamed.
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A friend's frown is better than a fool's smile.
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A full belly dances better than a fine coat.
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A full stomach praises Lent.
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A full vessel must be carried carefully.
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A glad heart seldom sighs, but a sorrowful mouth often laughs.
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A golden key opens every door except that of heaven.
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A good handicraft has a golden foundation.
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A good king is better than an old law.
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