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A capon eight months old is fit for a king's table.
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A fair-weather friend changes with the wind.
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A long tongue betokens a short hand.
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A looker on sees more of the game than a player.
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A sharp tooth for hard bread.
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All are not soldiers who go to the wars.
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Another's bread costs dear.
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Better have a bad ass than be your own ass.
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Between smith and smith no money passes.
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Between the hand and the mouth the soup is lost.
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Beware of a bad woman, and put no trust in a good one.
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Bleed him, purge him, and if he dies, bury him.
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Blessed are the dead that the rain rains on.
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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be
disappointed.
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Cheat me in the price and not in the goods.
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Every cask smells of the wine it contains.
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
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Every hair casts its shadow.
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Every one stretches his legs according to the length of his
coverlet.
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Every pedlar praises his own needles.
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God give you luck, my son, for little wit must serve your turn.
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Good news is rumoured and bad news flies.
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Grain by grain the hen fills her crop.
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Grasp all, lose all.
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Grasp no more than thy hand will hold.
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Grass doesn't grow on a busy street.
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He is my friend who grinds at my mill.
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He loves well who never forgets.
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He made a pit and digged it, and has fallen into the ditch which
he made.
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He made me mad
To see him shine so brisk and smell so sweet.
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If you would have the dog follow you, give him bread.
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Ill weeds are not hurt by frost.
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In the long run, the greyhound kills the hare.
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It is approved alchemy to have an income and spend nothing.
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Let me go warm, and folks may laugh.
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Let not the tongue utter what the head must pay for.
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Let the guts be full, for it is they that carry the legs.
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Love and faith are seen in works.
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Marry, and grow tame.
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Misers' money goes twice to market.
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Misery loves company.
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Much never cost little.
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My gossips don't like me because I tell them truths.
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On a fool's beard all learn to shave.
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One fool makes a hundred.
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Perseverance kills the game.
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She is well married who has neither mother-in-law nor
sister-in-law.
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She stoops to conquer.
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Tell your friend your secret, and he will set his foot on your
neck.
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The archer that shoots badly has a lie ready.
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