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The avenging gods have their feet clothed in wool.
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The axe forgets what the tree remembers.
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The bad refrain from sin from fear of punishment.
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The bear wants a tail and cannot be a lion.
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The bear, he never can prevail
To lion it for want of tail.
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The beginning is half of the whole.
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The best things are the first to perish.
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The best things come in small packages.
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The best things in life are free.
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The best throw of the dice is to throw them away.
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The bitch in her haste brings forth blind puppies.
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The blind man wishes to show the way.
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The blind would lead the blind.
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The blossoms in the spring are the fruit in autumn.
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The blow falls more lightly when it is anticipated.
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The bones for those who come late!
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The brave man may die, but he will never say "die."
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The bust of Mercury cannot be carved in every wood.
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The bust of Mercury cannot be cut from every wood.
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The carriage draws the ox.
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The carrion which the eagle has left feeds the crow.
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The cause at an end, the effect is removed.
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The challenger is beaten.
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The chamber of sickness is the chapel of devotion.
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The cobbler should not go beyond his last. [Meddle not in things
which you do not understand.]
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The cobbler to his last and the gunner to his linstock.
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The conquered dare not open their mouths.
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The conqueror weeps, the conquered is ruined. [Both sides suffer
in war or litigation.]
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The corruption of the best things makes the worst.
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The counsel of the aged is sound.
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The course of a river is not to be altered. [We cannot alter a
natural bent.]
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The course of true love never did run smooth.
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The cowl does not make the monk.
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The crab would catch the hare!
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The credit got by a lie lasts only till the truth comes out.
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The crow is a pretty bird when the jackdaw is not present.
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The dead are the best counsellors.
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The diseases of the mind are either caused or cured by the power
of music.
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The doctor is to be feared more than the disease.
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The early morn favours study.
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The evil is lessened when it is seen beforehand.
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The excess of mirth leads to tears.
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The face is the index to the mind.
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The face is the portrait of the mind; the eyes, its informers.
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The faded rose
No suitor knows.
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The Fates will not permit it.
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The favour of the great is not lasting.
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The fear of death is worse than death itself.
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The field should be poorer than the farmer. [It is useless for a
man to attempt farming without capital.]
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The fish requires salt! [Derisively, the sea abounding with
salt.]
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