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The fox knows well with whom he plays tricks.
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The fox that tarries long is on the watch for prey.
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The friar who begs for God begs for two.
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The full-fed cow makes company of her tail.
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The gallows takes its own.
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The gardener's dog, neither full nor hungry.
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The gardener's feet do no harm to the garden.
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The gentle lamb sucks any ewe as well as its mother; the surly
lamb sucks neither its own nor another.
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The girl as she is taught, the flax as it is wrought.
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The glass-dealer's horses fell out, and he looked on to see which
kicked hardest.
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The goat can't well cover herself with her tail.
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The golden ass passes everywhere.
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The gossips fall out and tell each other truths.
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The green burns for the dry, and the righteous pay for sinners.
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The grey mare is the better horse.
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The gutter by dropping wears the stone.
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The heart is no traitor.
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The hen lays upon an egg.
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The honest man enjoys the theft.
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The horse thinks one thing, and his rider another.
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The horseshoe that clatters wants a nail.
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The hunchback does not see his own hump, but sees his
companion's.
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The Jew ruins himself with passovers, the Moor with wedding
feasts, and the Christian with lawsuits.
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The keys at the girdle, the dog in the larder.
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The king goes as far as he can, not so far as he would.
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The king likes the treachery, but not the traitor.
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The kite's malady, its wings broken and its beak sound.
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The land a man knows is his mother.
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The lazy servant to save one step takes eight.
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The leader follows in front.
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The lean dog is all fleas.
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The letter enters with blood.
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The liar is sooner caught than the cripple.
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The lion is not so fierce as he is painted.
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The lion's not half so fierce as he's painted.
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The loyal man lives no longer than the traitor pleases.
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The magistrate's son gets out of every scrape.
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The mare's kicks are caresses to the horse.
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The master's foot is manure for the estate.
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The mill gains by gong, and not by standing still.
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The month loses its own, but not the year.
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The more a woman admires her face, the more she ruins her house.
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The more one has the more one wants.
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The more riches a fool hath, the greater fool he is.
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The more you court a clown the statelier he grows.
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The more you get the more you want.
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The most cautious passes for the most chaste.
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The Mother of God appears to fools.
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The mother of mischief is no bigger than a midge's wing.
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The mother reckons well, but the child reckons better.
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