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A man is judged by his clothes.
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A man is judged of by his companions.
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A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
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A man may lose what are his clearest rights by not demanding
them.
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A man of few words but learned withal.
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A man of gladness seldom falls into madness.
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A man of good natural plain common sense.
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A middle course is the safest.
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A mind conscious of guilt is its own accuser.
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A mind conscious of innocence laughs at the lies of rumor.
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A miser's son is generally a spendthrift.
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A monkey is not to be caught in a trap.
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A mouse in pitch. [A man engaged in useless and perplexing
inquiries.]
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A mouse in time may bite in two a cable.
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A mouse may help a lion.
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A mouse will put the finishing stroke to a castle wall.
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A nobody to-day, a prince to-morrow. [The reverse of "To-day a
man, to-morrow a mouse."]
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A nod for a wise man, and a rod for a fool.
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A perfect whipping-top for changing sides.
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A pestilence follows a famine.
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A picture is a poem wanting words.
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A plank in a wreck.
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A poor cask often holds good wine.
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A precipice in front of you, and wolves behind you; that is life.
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A precipice is in front, a wolf behind.
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A prospering man should remain at home.
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A rich man is either a rogue or a rogue's heir.
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A ridiculous accident has often been the making of many.
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A ring of gold in a sow's nostril.
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A rising tide lifts all boats.
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A rogue says "Yes" to what a rogue says.
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A rose is a rose is a rose.
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A rotten egg cannot be spoiled.
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A sceptre is one thing, a ladle another.
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A service done to the unwilling is no service.
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A sick mind cannot endure any harshness.
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A silent woman is always more admired than a noisy one.
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A slave yesterday, to-day a freedman.
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A slice off a cut loaf isn't missed.
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A small competence is best.
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A small gift, but well-timed.
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A snake lies concealed in the grass.
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A soft answer bids a Furioso to put up his sword.
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A soft-spoken compliment is honied poison.
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A store-house of evil is a woman if she is depraved.
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A strong remedy for evils is ignorance of them.
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A surgeon tries his experiments on the heads of orphans.
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A suspicious mind sees everything on the dark side.
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A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a
silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly.
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A sword anointed with honey.
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