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Buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest.
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By gnawing skin a dog learns to eat leather.
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Call not the devil, he will come fast enough unbidden.
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Care, and not fine stables, make a good horse.
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Chastise a good child, that it may not grow bad, and a bad one,
that it may not grow worse.
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Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light.
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Children and drunken men speak the truth.
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Children and fools
Shouldn't play with edged tools.
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Children are a poor man's wealth.
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Children are certain cares, but uncertain comforts.
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Children are certain sorrow, but uncertain joy.
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Children are the riches of the poor.
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Chop, and you will have splinters.
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Correction is good when administered in time.
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Counsel after action is like rain after harvest.
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Crooked iron may be straightened with a hammer.
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Cunning has little honour.
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Damage suffered makes you knowing, but seldom rich.
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Daylight will come, though the cock do not crow.
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Death does not blow a trumpet.
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Deceit and treachery make no man rich.
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Deceit is in haste, but honesty can wait a fair leisure.
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Deep draughts, and long morning slumbers, soon make a man poor.
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Deep rivers move with silent majesty, shallow brooks are noisy.
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Despise not a small wound, a poor kinsman, or an humble enemy.
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Diligent work makes a skilful workman.
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Distrust is poison to friendship.
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Do as others do, and few will mock you.
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Do as you would be done by.
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Do good to a knave, and pray God he may not do the same to thee.
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Do not judge the dog by his hairs.
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Do not judge your friend until you stand in his place.
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Do not put in more warp than you can weave.
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Do not wade where you see no bottom.
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Don't sell the skin till you have caught the fox.
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Drive not away what never came near you.
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Drive not too many ploughs at once, some will make foul work.
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Drive the nail that will go.
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Dry wood makes a quick fire.
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Dull scissors make crooked-mouthed tailors.
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Earnestness and sport go well together.
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Eggs and oaths are easily broken.
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Empty barrels give the most sound.
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Empty waggons make most noise.
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Enough is great riches.
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Envy does not enter an empty house.
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Envy is its own torturer.
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Envy was never a good spokesman.
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Even a small star shines in the darkness.
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Even clever hens sometimes lay their eggs among nettles.
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