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A STORM IN A TEACUP.

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NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS.

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AS SLIPPERY AS AN EEL.

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BETTER BUY THAN BORROW.

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ASK MUCH TO HAVE LITTLE.

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A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN.

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BARKING DOGS SELDOM BITE.

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FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

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A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.

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AT A GREAT BARGAIN, PAUSE.

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AT OPEN DOORS DOGS COME IN.

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GOD SENDS FORTUNE TO FOOLS.

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BETTER BE ENVIED THAN PITIED.

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FAR FROM EYE, FAR FROM HEART.

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LEND AND LOSE, SO PLAY FOOLS.

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THE MAD DOG BITES HIS MASTER.

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THE EXCEPTION PROVES THE RULE.

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TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT.

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A MAN SURPRISED IS HALF BEATEN.

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AN OLD HEAD ON YOUNG SHOULDERS.

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THE EAGLE DOES NOT CATCH FLIES.

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TWO EYES CAN SEE MORE THAN ONE.

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WHERE BEES ARE, THERE IS HONEY.

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BETTER UNTAUGHT THAN ILL TAUGHT.

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THERE ARE SPOTS EVEN ON THE SUN.

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EMPTY VESSELS MAKE THE MOST SOUND.

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LOVE AND COUGH CANNOT BE HID(DEN).

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A LAZY SHEEP THINKS ITS WOOL HEAVY.

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A MAIDEN THAT LAUGHS IS HALF TAKEN.

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ALL WEAPONS OF WAR CANNOT ARM FEAR.

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AN OAK IS NOT FELLED AT ONE STROKE.

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MEASURE THRICE BEFORE YOU CUT ONCE.

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ONE SWALLOW DOES NOT MAKE A SUMMER.

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TIME AND CHANCE REVEAL ALL SECRETS.

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A SMALL LEAK WILL SINK A GREAT SHIP.

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GOD HELP THE RICH, THE POOR CAN BEG.

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LEND NOT HORSE, NOR WIFE, NOR SWORD.

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THE TONGUE IS NOT STEEL YET IT CUTS.

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A FORCED KINDNESS DESERVES NO THANKS.

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A HOOK'S WELL LOST TO CATCH A SALMON.

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BETTER SMALL FISH THAN AN EMPTY DISH.

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NONE SO DEAF AS THOSE WHO WON'T HEAR.

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THAT SUIT IS BEST THAT BEST SUITS ME.

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THE MASTER'S EYE MAKES THE HORSE FAT.

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WHAT COSTS LITTLE IS LITTLE ESTEEMED.

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BETTER SIT IDLE THAN WORK FOR NOTHING.

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DEEDS ARE FRUITS, WORDS ARE BUT LEAVES.

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HARES MAY PULL DEAD LIONS BY THE BEARD.

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IT COST MORE TO DO ILL THAN TO DO WELL.

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ONE VOLUNTEER IS WORTH TWO PRESSED MEN.

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FEATHER BY FEATHER THE GOOSE IS PLUCKED.

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FOR A FLYING ENEMY MAKE A GOLDEN BRIDGE.

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HE BEGINS TO DIE THAT QUITS HIS DESIRES.

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TRUST NOT A NEW FRIEND NOR AN OLD ENEMY.

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WHEN THE CAT IS AWAY THE MICE WILL PLAY.

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BETTER AN OPEN ENEMY THAN A FALSE FRIEND.

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IT IS LAWFUL TO LEARN EVEN FROM AN ENEMY.

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BETTER AN EGG TO-DAY THAN A HEN TO-MORROW.

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BETTER HAZARD ONCE THAN BE ALWAYS IN FEAR.

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IF YOU CANNOT BITE, NEVER SHOW YOUR TEETH.

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YOUTH AND WHITE PAPER TAKE ANY IMPRESSION.

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A FOX IS NOT TAKEN TWICE IN THE SAME SNARE.

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BETWEEN TWO STOOLS ONE FALLS TO THE GROUND.

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HE WHO RIDES ON A TIGER CAN NEVER DISMOUNT.

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THE DEVIL ALWAYS LEAVES A STINK BEHIND HIM.

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THE MOON DOES NOT HEED THE BARKING OF DOGS.

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THE WAY TO BE SAFE IS NEVER TO FEEL SECURE.

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VOWS MADE IN STORMS ARE FORGOTTEN IN CALMS.

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CREDITORS HAVE BETTER MEMORIES THAN DEBTORS.

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FRIENDSHIPS MULTIPLY JOYS AND DIVIDE GRIEFS.

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A MONEYLESS MAN GOES FAST THROUGH THE MARKET.

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AN ASS IS BUT AN ASS, THOUGH LADEN WITH GOLD.

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AT A ROUND TABLE THERE'S NO DISPUTE OF PLACE.

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GOOD COMPANY ON THE ROAD IS THE SHORTEST CUT.

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IT IS A HARD WINTER WHEN A WOLF EATS ANOTHER.

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MISFORTUNES COME ON WINGS AND DEPART ON FOOT.

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ALL THINGS ARE DIFFICULT BEFORE THEY ARE EASY.

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BETTER GIVE A SHILLING THAN LEND HALF A CROWN.

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IT MATTERS NOT WHAT RELIGION AN ILL MAN IS OF.

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IT SIGNIFIES NOTHING TO PLAY WELL IF YOU LOSE.

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A WISE MAN CHANGES HIS MIND, A FOOL NEVER WILL.

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THE ROAD TO HELL IS PAVED WITH GOOD INTENTIONS.

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THERE IS GREAT FORCE HIDDEN IN A SWEET COMMAND.

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A MAN CANNOT WHISTLE AND DRINK AT THE SAME TIME.

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HE WHO LIES DOWN WITH DOGS WILL RISE WITH FLEAS.

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THE KING'S WORD IS MORE THAN ANOTHER MAN'S OATH.

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HE THAT DOTH WHAT HE WILL DOTH NOT WHAT HE OUGHT.

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THE BEST THROW OF THE DICE IS TO THROW THEM AWAY.

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THE MOUSE THAT HAS BUT ONE HOLE IS QUICKLY TAKEN.

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A MAIDEN WITH MANY WOOERS OFTEN CHOOSES THE WORST.

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A MAN WITHOUT A SMILING FACE MUST NOT OPEN A SHOP.

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THE FOX KNOWS MUCH, BUT MORE HE THAT CATCHETH HIM.

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BELLS CALL OTHERS TO CHURCH, BUT GO NOT THEMSELVES.

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IF YOU RUN AFTER TWO HARES, YOU WILL CATCH NEITHER.

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IT IS A SILLY GOOSE THAT COMES TO THE FOX'S SERMON.

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THE MORE LIGHT A TORCH GIVES, THE SHORTER IT LASTS.

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WHEN THE TREE IS FALLEN, ALL GO WITH THEIR HATCHET.

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WHO KEEPS COMPANY WITH THE WOLF WILL LEARN TO HOWL.

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THE FOOL IS BUSY IN EVERYONE'S BUSINESS BUT HIS OWN.

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BETTER GO TO HEAVEN IN RAGS THAN TO HELL IN EMBROIDERY.

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THE LOVE OF MONEY AND THE LOVE OF LEARNING RARELY MEET.

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IF YOU PAY NOT A SERVANT HIS WAGES, HE WILL PAY HIMSELF.

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IT IS EASIER TO BUILD TWO CHIMNEYS THAN TO MAINTAIN ONE.

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THE DEVIL TEMPTS ALL, BUT THE IDLE MAN TEMPTS THE DEVIL.

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IT IS NO SIN TO SELL DEAR, BUT A SIN TO GIVE ILL MEASURE.

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TWO DOGS FIGHT FOR A BONE, AND A THIRD RUNS AWAY WITH IT.

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MANY THINGS GROW IN THE GARDEN THAT WERE NEVER SOWN THERE.

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THE BEST REMEDY AGAINST AN ILL MAN IS MUCH GROUND BETWEEN.

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THERE WOULD BE NO GREAT ONES IF THERE WERE NO LITTLE ONES.

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WHEN THY NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE DOTH BURN THEN LOOK TO YOUR OWN.

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WISE MEN LEARN BY OTHER MEN'S MISTAKES; FOOLS, BY THEIR OWN.

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ONE HALF OF THE WORLD DOES NOT KNOW HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES.

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HE COMPLAINS WRONGFULLY ON THE SEA THAT TWICE SUFFERS SHIPWRECK.

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BETTER BE ILL SPOKEN OF BY ONE BEFORE ALL THAN BY ALL BEFORE ONE.

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LOSE AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND YOU'LL BE ALL DAY HUNTING FOR IT.

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THE FRIAR PREACHED AGAINST STEALING AND HAD A GOOSE IN HIS SLEEVE.

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POOR MEN SEEK MEAT FOR THEIR STOMACH, RICH MEN STOMACH FOR THEIR MEAT.

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A WOMAN'S ADVICE IS A POOR THING, BUT HE IS A FOOL WHO DOES NOT TAKE IT.

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THE FIRST FAULTS ARE THEIRS THAT COMMIT THEM, THE SECOND THEIRS THAT PERMIT THEM.

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A FOOL MAY ASK MORE QUESTIONS IN AN HOUR THAN A WISE MAN CAN ANSWER IN SEVEN YEARS.