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Fools ask what's o'clock, but wise men know their time.
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Fools build house and wise men live in them.
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For a flying enemy make a silver bridge.
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For a good appetite there is no hard bread.
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For great evils strong remedies.
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Forbear a quarrel with a friend to move: anger breeds hatred;
concord sweetens love.
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Forced love does not last.
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Fortune and glass break soon, alas!
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Fortune does not stand waiting at any one's door.
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Fortune is round; it makes one a king, another a dunghill.
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Fortune lost, nothing lost; courage lost, much lost; honour lost,
more lost; soul lost, all lost.
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From a spark the house is burnt.
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From little things men go on to great.
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From small beginning come great things.
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From the boat we get to the ship.
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From the cradle to the tomb,
Not all gladness, not all gloom.
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From the father comes honour, from the mother comfort.
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From trivial things great contests oft arise.
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Froth is no beer.
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Full bottles and glasses make swearers and asses.
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Full cup, steady hand.
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Geese are plucked as long as they have any feathers.
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
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Gentility, sent to market, will not buy a peck of meal.
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Give an ass oats and he runs after thistles.
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Give and take is fair play.
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Give at first asking what you safely can; 'tis certain gain to
help an honest man.
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Give credit where credit is due.
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Give him an inch and he'll take an ell.
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Give him an inch, he'll take an ell.
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Give him your finger and he will seize your hand.
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Go softly and look afar.
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God cures, and the doctor gets the money.
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God does not pay weekly, but pays at the end.
Source: (Dutch)
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God gives birds their food, but they must fly for it.
Source: (Dutch)
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God sent him meat, but the devil cooked it.
Source: (Dutch)
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Good company makes short miles.
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Good company on a journey is worth a coach.
Source: (Dutch)
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Good day to you all! said the fox, when he got into the
goose-pen.
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Good drink drives out bad thoughts.
Source: (Dutch)
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Good hunters track narrowly.
Source: (Dutch)
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Good leading makes good following.
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Good right needs good help.
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Good seed makes a good crop.
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Good things require time.
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Good tree, good fruit.
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Good wine praises itself.
Source: (Dutch)
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Grass grows not upon the highway.
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Grass is greener in other pastures.
Source: (Dutch)
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Great boast. little roast.
Source: (Dutch)
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