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A single day grants what a whole hear denies.
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A smart coat is a good letter of introduction.
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A still sow eats up all the draff.
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A still tongue makes a wise head.
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A still tongue maketh a wise head.
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A stout heart tempers adversity.
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A thief makes opportunity.
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A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.
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A threatened man lives seven years.
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A usurer, a miller, a banker, and a publican, are the four
evangelists of Lucifer.
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A wolf hankers after sheep even at his last gasp.
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A wolf in sheep's clothing.
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A wreck on shore is a beacon at sea.
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A young ewe and an old ram, every year bring forth a lamb.
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Advisers are not givers.
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After ebb comes flood, and friends with good.
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After great droughts come great rains.
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After high floods come low ebbs.
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After honour and state follow envy and hate.
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After rain comes fair weather.
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After the sour comes the sweet.
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After the storm comes a calm.
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Agree, agree, for the law is costly.
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All are not cooks who wear long knives.
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All are not friends who smile on you.
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All are not princes who ride with the emperor.
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All are not saints that go to church.
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All beginnings are hard, said the thief, and began by stealing an
anvil.
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All clouds do not rain.
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All cocks must have a comb.
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All do not bite that show their teeth.
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All feet tread not in one shoe.
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All flowers are not fit for nosegays.
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All is fish that comes to the net.
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All is well: for if the bride has not fair hair, she has a fair
skin.
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All my goods are of silver and gold, even my copper kettle, says
the boaster.
Source: (Dutch)
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All offices are greasy (i.e. open to receive what the Dutch call
smear-money, a term derived from the fee paid for greasing
wheels).
Source: (Dutch)
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All threateners don't fight.
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All too good is every man's fool.
Source: (Dutch)
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An ape's an ape, though he wear a gold ring.
Source: (Dutch)
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An ape, a priest, and a louse, are three devils in one house.
Source: (Dutch)
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An egg is an egg, said the boor, and took the goose's egg.
Source: (Dutch)
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An ennobled peasant does not know his own father.
Source: (Dutch)
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An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour.
Source: (Dutch)
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An honest man's word is his bond.
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An hour in the morning is worth two at night.
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An idle man is the devil's pillow.
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An inch too short is as bad as an ell.
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An indulgent mother makes a sluttish daughter.
Source: (Dutch)
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An old ewe dressed lamb-fashion.
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