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Take time: much may be gained by patience.
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Tears are at times as eloquent as words. [Weeping hath a voice.]
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That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age
will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
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A man of three letters, " F U R."
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A mouse relies not solely on one hole.
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Are you not accustomed to look at home, when you abuse others?
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Fire is next akin to smoke.
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Give assistance, and receive thanks lighter than a feather:
injure a man, and his wrath will be like lead.
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Good things soon find a purchaser.
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A bad father has never a good son.
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A beardless boy would teach old men!
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A beaten track is a safe one.
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A bird is distinguished by its note.
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A biting cur wears a torn skin.
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A blockhead, a dolt, a donkey, a leaden-headed fellow.
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A blow from a frying-pan blacks, though it may not hurt.
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A bow too much bent is broken.
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A busybody is always malevolent.
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A captive they insult with impunity.
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A carpenter is known by his chips.
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A cautious man will observe the indications of character which
nature reveals in others.
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A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
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A chair unsound
Soon finds the ground.
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A child may have too much of his mother's blessing.
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A clear conscience is a wall of brass.
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A combined defence is the safest.
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A common blot is held no stain.
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A common shipwreck is a consolation to all.
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A constant guest is never welcome.
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A contented man is always rich.
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A contented mind is a continual feast.
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A cough assists a musician when he hesitates.
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A cough will stick longer by a horse than a peck of oats.
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A covetous man does nothing that he should till he dies.
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A crooked log is not to be straightened.
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A dealer in rubbish sounds the praises of rubbish.
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A delightful hallucination.
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A depraved mind never comes to good.
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A diligent man ever finds that something remains to be done.
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A dissimilarity of pursuits dissolves friendship.
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A dog as he sleeps barks as if on the track of the hare.
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A dog in a kennel barks at his fleas; a dog hunting does not
notice them.
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A dog is worthy of his food.
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A dog that has once tasted the flesh cannot be kept from the
skin.
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A dog that will fetch a bone will carry a bone.
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A dog which has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
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A donkey is known by his ears.
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A door must be either shut or open.
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A drop of luck is worth a cask of wisdom.
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