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Many a one threatens and yet is afraid.
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Many a true word in spoken in jest.
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Many are brave when the enemy flies.
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Many are called but few are chosen.
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Many desire the tree who pretend to refuse the fruit.
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Many return from the war who cannot give an account of the
battle.
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Many scruple to spit in church, and afterwards defile the altar.
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Many stop their noses at ambergris.
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Marriages are not as they are made, but as they turn out.
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Masters' hints are commands.
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Measure three times and cut once.
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Men after the modern fashion, and asses after the ancient.
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Men are as old as they fell, and women as they look.
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Men make wealth, and women preserve it.
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Money and friendship break the arms of justice.
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Money is an epitome of human power.
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Money is money's brother.
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Money is round, and rolls.
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More unlucky than dogs in church.
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Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, storm and hail.
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Mouth shut and eyes open.
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Much smoke, and little roast.
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Much water passes by the mill that the miller perceives not.
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Muddy water won't do for a mirror.
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My No is as good as your Yes.
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Near is my petticoat but nearer is my smock.
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Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.
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Near the church far from God.
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Necessity and opportunity may make a coward valiant.
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Necessity becomes will.
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Neither women nor linen by candlelight.
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Never do evil that good may come of it.
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Never heed the colour of a gift horse.
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Never is a long time.
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Never judge a book by its cover.
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Never let the bottom of your purse or of your mind be seen.
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Never let the sun go down on your anger.
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Never spur a willing horse.
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Never was a mewing cat a good mouser.
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No comforter's head ever aches.
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No day but has its evening.
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No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.
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No good doctor ever takes physic.
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No good lawyer ever goes to law himself.
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No good thing is failure and no evil thing success.
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No meat ever remains in the shambles however bad it may be.
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No need to say "trot" to a good horse.
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No one ever became poor through giving alms.
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No one ever kicks a dead dog.
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No one ever repented of having held his tongue.
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