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Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil, when he sheared his
hogs.
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Great cry and little wool.
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Great fishes break the net.
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Great fools must have great bells.
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Great gaps may be filled with small stones.
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Great greediness to reap, helps not the money-heap.
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Great promisers, bad paymasters.
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Great talkers are little doers.
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Great wealth, great care.
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Great weights may hang on small wires.
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Guessing is missing.
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Half a word to the wise is enough.
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Hannibal is at the gate.
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Hares are not caught with drums.
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Hasty questions require slow answers.
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Hasty speed don't oft succeed.
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He burns the candle at both ends.
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He buys honey dear who has to lick it off thorns.
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He cannot lay eggs, but he can cackle.
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He counts his chickens before they are hatched.
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He covers me with his wings, and bites me with his bill.
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He earns a farthing and has a penn'orth of thirst.
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He fell with his nose in the butter.
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He gapes like a clown at a fair.
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He has a ton of knowledge, but the bottom is out.
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He has a wolf-conscience.
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He has him under his thumb.
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He has lost the nest-egg.
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He has seen the wolf.
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He has the Bible on his lips, but not in his heart.
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He heed have plenty of meal who would stop every man's mouth.
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He howls with the wolves, and bleats with the sheep.
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He invites future injuries who rewards past ones.
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He is a man as a book.
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He is an aristocrat in folio.
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He is an essence of scoundrels.
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He is as easily caught as a hare with drums.
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He is as good a Catholic as Duke Alva's dog; who ate flesh in
Lent.
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He is as good a divine as Judas was an apostle.
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He is as poor as Job.
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He is as sharp as a leaden dagger.
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He is as welcome as the first day in Lent. (Alluding to
fastday.)
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He is no merchant who always gains.
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He is noble who performs noble deeds.
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He is nobody's enemy but his own.
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He is of the race of Johnny Van Cleeve; who would always much
rather have than give.
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He is so wise, that he goes upon the ice three days before it
freezes.
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He is too idle to fetch his breath.
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He is too stupid to be trusted alone by the fire.
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He keeps his word, as the sun keeps butter.
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