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A bad agreement is better than a good lawsuit.
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A barking cur does not bite.
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A barking dog never bites.
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A beautiful woman smiling, bespeaks a purse weeping.
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A beetle is a beauty in the eyes of his mother.
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A bird in the cage is worth a hundred at large.
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A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
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A blind man is not judge of colours.
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A book whose sale's forbidden all men rush to see, and
prohibition turns one reader into three.
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A braying ass eats little hay.
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A calm portends a storm.
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A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
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A cat pent up becomes a lion.
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A cat that licks the spit is not to be trusted with roast meat.
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A clear bargain, a dear friend.
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A cloak is not made for a single shower of rain.
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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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A cracked pot never fell off the hook.
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A cur's tail grows fast.
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A dead man does not make war.
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A dog is never offended at being pelted with bones.
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A dog never bit me but I had some of his hair.
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A dog that bites silently. [An insidious tradcuer. He would
kill you with an air-gun.]
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A drop of water breaks a stone.
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A drowning man would catch at razors.
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A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts.
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A farthing saved is twice earned.
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A fat kitchen is next door to poverty.
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A fat kitchen, a lean testament.
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A fine shot never killed a bird.
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A fool can ask more questions than seven wise men can answer.
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A fool carveth a piece of his heart to every one that sits near
him.
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A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing
his own opinions.
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A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding
delights in wisdom.
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A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself
under control.
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A fool throws a stone into a well, and it requires a hundred wise
men to get it out again.
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A fools knows his own business better than a wise man knows that
of others.
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A forced kindness deserves no thanks.
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A friend is not known till he is lost.
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A friend, and look to thyself.
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A full sack pricks up its ear.
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A gift delayed, and long expected, is not given, but sold dear.
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A gift long expected is sold, not given.
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A gift long waited for is sold, not given.
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A gift with a kind countenance is a double present.
Source: (Italian)
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A gold key opens every door.
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A gold ring does not cure a felon.
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A good anvil does not fear the hammer.
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A good appetite does not want sauce.
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A good cavalier never lacks a lance.
Source: (Italian)
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