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Preserve the guns, but destroy the gunners.
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Presumption first blinds a man, and then sets him a running.
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Promises must not fill the place of gifts.
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Promises, like pie crust, are made to be broken.
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Property is robbery.
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Providence assists not the idle.
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Providence crushes pride.
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Providence has not entirely deserted us.
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Providence is always on the side of the big battalions.
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Providence is better than a rent.
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Providence may delay, but punishment will come at length.
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Providence our herald, no barrier can oppose us.
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Providence provides but short horns for the fierce ox.
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Providence tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
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Providential aid at a critical moment.
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Prudence and strength combined.
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Prudence availeth more than strength.
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Prudence is the charioteer of all virtues.
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Prying with sidelong glance into other people's business. [A
busy-body.]
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Puffed goods are putrid.
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Punishment awaits all offences.
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Punishment awaits crime.
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Pursue that course which offers most advantages, habit will soon
make it agreeable and easy.
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Quarrels enhance the pleasures of love.
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Quick enough, if safe enough.
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Quickly come, quickly go.
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Quietly, if you can; if not, by any means.
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Rare is agreement between beauty and modesty.
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Re-open not a wound once healed.
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Ready money is ready medicine.
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Real wealth consists not in having, but in not wanting.
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Rear dogs and wolves' cubs to rend you.
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Reason is absent, when impulse rules.
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Rejoice with those that do rejoice.
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Relationship produces envy.
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Religion must be taught, not forced.
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Renown is denied to the living.
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Respect is greater from a distance.
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Revenge is a confession of pain.
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Revenge is a dish that can be eaten cold.
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Revere your parents.
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Revolutions are not made with rose water.
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Reward not a sleeping pilot.
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Rich for yourself, poor for your friends.
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Riches fall not always to the lot of the most deserving.
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Rumour grows easily enough, but is not easily silenced.
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Safely housed to listen to the storm outside. [To contemplate
danger from a safe place.]
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Satiety has killed more men than hunger.
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Satires run faster than panegyrics.
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Scarce things are prized.
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