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A sword of lead in a scabbard of ivory.
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A tree often transplanted does not thrive.
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A trifling pledge of no small friendship.
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A triple rope is not easily broken.
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A trouble shared is a trouble halved.
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A troubled heart is a worm to the bones.
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A useless pitcher does not get broken.
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A want of pence stops all your marketing.
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A weak foundation destroys the work.
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A wealthy man can err with impunity.
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A well which is drawn from is improved. [Art is improved by
practice.]
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A well-beaten path does not always make the right road.
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A wheel not greased will creak. [Those who are not properly paid
will not work without grumbling.]
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor
men.
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A white glove often conceals a dirty hand.
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A wise man should never give his wife too much rein.
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A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
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A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
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A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
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A wolf often lies concealed in the skin of a lamb. ["Yours
truly," is not always true.]
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A wolf's head (on which a price was put). [An outlaw. A Pariah.
Fair game for anybody.]
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A woman for a general, and the soldiers will be women.
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A woman hath nine lives like a cat.
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A woman is to be from her house three times: when she is
christened, married and buried.
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A word is sufficient for the wise.
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About everything and something else.
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Abuse does not invalidate usefulness.
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According to the nature of his sin shall a man be punished.
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Acting in concert, like the oil-merchants in the Velabrum.
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Acting is the forte of all their race.
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Add not fire to fire.
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After clouds sunshine.
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After darkness comes light.
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After the manner of Mandrabulus [i.e., going from worse to
worse].
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Again and again I beg and pray of you to live merrily: should
aught distress you, dismiss it from your minds.
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Aim at a certain issue.
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Alas for those that get the worst of it!
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Alas! how much smaller a thing it is to be with others, than to
remember thee!
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Alas! I suffer from self-inflicted wounds!
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Alexander the Great was but of small stature.
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All are not harpers, who hold the harp.
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All claim kindred with the prosperous.
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All clouds are not rain clouds.
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All flute-players are mad; when once they begin to blow, away
goes reason.
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All for one and one for all.
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All is in vain unless Providence is with us.
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All is not false which is publicly reported.
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All lay load on the willing horse.
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All men grieve, and if you ask them the reason why, they cannot
tell it.
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All power is impatient of a partner.
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