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A fog cannot be dispelled by a fan.
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A good husband is healthy and absent.
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A good Jack makes a good Jill.
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A good sword is the one left in its scabbard.
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A man in love mistakes a pimple for a dimple.
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A mended lid to a cracked pan.
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A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves.
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A merry companion on the road is as good as a nag.
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A pig used to dirt turns its nose up at rice.
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A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words
would be harsh according to how you speak them.
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A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.
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Adversity is the foundation of virtue.
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Affinity is a mysterious thing, but it is spicy!
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Afraid of his own shadow.
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After victory, tighten your helmet chord.
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All married women are not wives.
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An accomplishment sticks to a person.
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An excess of courtesy is discourtesy.
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An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
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Bad and good are intertwined like rope.
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Beat your wife on the wedding day, and your married life will be
happy.
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Beaten with his own rod.
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Better go without medicine than call in an unskilled physician.
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Darkness reigns at the foot of the lighthouse.
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Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.
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Deceiving a deceiver is no knavery.
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Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.
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Even a sheet of paper has two sides.
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Even a thief takes ten years to learn his trade.
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Fall seven times, stand up eight.
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Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten.
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First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then
the drink takes the man.
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First things first.
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Forgiving the unrepentant is like drawing pictures on water.
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Getting money is like digging with a needle. Spending it is like
water soaking into the sand.
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Had the pheasant not screamed, it wouldn't have been shot.
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If a man be great, even his dog will wear a proud look.
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If a man deceive me once, shame on him; if he deceive me twice,
shame on me.
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If man has no tea in him, he is incapable of understanding truth
and beauty.
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If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.
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If my shirt knew my design, I'd burn it.
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If neither animal nor vegetable you be, then mineral you are.
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If one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise.
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If the father is a frog, the son will be a frog.
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If you believe everything you read, better not read.
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If you understand everything, you must be misinformed.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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It is a beggar's pride that he is not a thief.
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It is a blessing in disguise.
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Knowledge without wisdom is a load of books on the back of an
ass.
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