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One man is no man. [A man is nothing without the aid of others.]
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One man must not fight with two.
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One man uses his tongue, another his teeth.
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One man yawning makes another yawn too.
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One man's loss is another man's gain.
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One man's meat is another man's poison.
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One poison is cured by another.
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One that promised better things.
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One tree won't hold two robins.
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One who can do you a deal of good or a deal of harm.
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One who would quarrel about goats' wool. [A most captious
person.]
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Opportunity has hair in front, behind she is bald; if you seize
her by the forelock, you may hold her, but, if suffered to
escape, not Jupiter himself can catch her again.
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Opportunity makes a thief.
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Oppose not a hungry man.
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Opposites attract.
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Oppression causeth rebellion.
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Our fears always outnumber our dangers.
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Our hearts run riot in prosperity.
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Our outward actions reveal our hidden intentions.
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Our own house surpasses every other.
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Our pillow should be our counsellor. [Sleep upon an idea.]
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Out of nothing nothing comes.
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Outward appearances assuming the form of virtues.
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Over no home can the sign be hung: There is no trouble here.
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Overdoing is doing nothing to the purpose.
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Pain mingles with pleasure.
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Pain of mind is worse than pain of body.
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Pain past is pleasure.
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Patience overtaxed turns to rage.
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Peace gains a value from discord.
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Perhaps you will soon find another, and a fairer, lover.
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Plague seize the hindmost!
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Pleasure and pain succeed each other.
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Pleasure is the bait of evil.
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Pleasure often comes from pain.
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Ponder long before you act.
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Pondering over many things by night.
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Poor though in the midst of wealth.
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Potter envies potter, and smith smith.
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Poverty is death in another form.
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Poverty is no disgrace, but it's a great inconvenience.
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Poverty makes a man mean.
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Poverty shows us who are our friends and who our enemies.
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Poverty trieth friends.
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Power is strengthened by union.
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Practice is better than theory.
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Precepts invite, but examples drag us to conclusions.
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Precepts may lead, but examples draw.
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Presents from an enemy must be received with suspicion.
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Presents more burdensome than profitable.
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