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Between two stools one falls to the ground.
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Beware of a reconciled friend as of the devil.
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Blessings on him that said, Face about.
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Blood boils without fire.
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Blow, smith, and you'll get money.
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By the street of "By-and-By" one arrives at the house of "Never."
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By the thread we unwind the skein.
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Call me not fortunate till you see me buried.
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Carry bread in your hood to Don Garcia's wedding.
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Charity well regulated begins at home.
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Chastise one that is worthless, and he will presently hate you.
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Cheese from the ewe, milk from the goat, butter from the cow.
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Choose neither a woman nor linen by candlelight.
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Clay and lime conceal much evil.
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Cleaning a blot with blotted fingers maketh a greater.
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Cleanliness is next to godliness.
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Clergymen's sons always turn out badly.
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Colts by falling, and lads by losing, grow prudent.
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Come fish, come frog, all goes into the basket.
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Come live with me and you'll know me.
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Comes in at the end with a wet sail.
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Coming events cast their shadow before.
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Command your wealth, else that will command you.
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Compare your griefs with other men's and they will seem less.
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Copper begets copper, and not ()the labour of) men's bones.
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Corsair against corsair nothing is got but empty casks.
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Covetousness bursts the bag.
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Cow of many--well milked and badly fed.
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Coward against coward, the assailant conquers.
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Curses on accounts with relations.
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Curses, like chickens, always come home to roost.
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Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
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Custom becomes law.
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Custom in infancy becomes nature in old age.
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Custom makes all things easy.
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Dance to the tune that is played.
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Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise they
make.
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Deceive not thy physician, confessor, or lawyer.
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Deeds are love, and not fine phrases.
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Desire beautifies what is ugly.
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Discover not your silent money (i.e. your hoarded money) to
anybody.
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Discreet stops make speedy journeys.
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Do not buy a carrier's ass, or marry an innkeeper's daughter.
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Do not fret for news, it will grow old and you will know it.
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Do not lose honour through fear.
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Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be
new.
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Do not steal a loaf from him that kneads and bakes.
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Do not stuff your servant with bread, and he won't ask for
cheese.
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Do not tell your secrets behind a wall or a hedge.
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Do not throw a stone at the mouse and break the precious vase.
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