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It needs but slight provocation to make the wolf devour the lamb.
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It takes a good many mice to kill a cat.
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It takes many words to fill a sack.
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"It will come back," said the man, when he gave his sow pork.
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Italian devotion and German fasting have no meaning.
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Jest with your equals.
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Joy is like the ague; one good day between two bad ones.
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Joy surfeited turns to sorrow.
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Justice oft leans to the side where the purse pulls.
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Keep not two tongues in one mouth.
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Keep to the little ones, and the big ones will not bite you.
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Keep your mouth, and keep your friend.
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Keep your nose out of another's mess.
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Keep your nose to the grindstone.
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Kill no more than you can salt, or you will have tainted meat.
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Kind words and few are a woman's ornament.
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Kind words don't wear out the tongue.
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Kind words heal friendship's wounds.
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Kisses are the messengers of love.
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Labour has a bitter root, but a sweet taste.
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"Ladies have ladies' whims." said crazy Ann, when she draggled her
cloak in the gutter.
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Lambs don't runs with the mouth of the sleeping wolf.
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Lang tarrying taks a' the thanks awa'.
[Long tarrying takes all the thanks away.]
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Late repentance is seldom worth much.
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Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
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Law helps the waking, luck may come to the sleeping.
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Lawyers and painters can soon change white to black.
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Lend to your friend, and ask payment of your enemy.
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Let a child have its will, and it will not cry.
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Let a dog get at a dish of honey, and he will jump in with both
legs.
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Let a horse drink when he will, not what he will.
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Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.
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Let another man praise thee, not thine own mouth.
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Let another's shipwreck be your sea-mark.
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Let deeds match words.
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Let every bird sing its own note.
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Let him stay at the oar who has learnt to row.
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Let him who would reach another a brand, beware that he do not
burn his own hand.
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Let ilka herring hing by its ain head.
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Let the blood be ever so thin, it is always thicker than water.
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Liberal hands make many friends.
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Lies and gossip have a wretched offspring.
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Lies and Latin go round the world.
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Life at court is often a short cut to hell.
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Life begins at forty.
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Like plays best with like.
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Like seeks like--a scabbed horse and a sandy dike.
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Little children, little sorrows; big children, great sorrows.
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Little saints also perform miracles.
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Little sorrows are loud, great ones silent.
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