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A bird in the hand
is better than two in the bush. |
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A bribe in the hand
shows mischief in the heart. |
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A false tale often
betrays itself. |
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A fine appearance
is a poor substitute for inward worth. |
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A humble life with
peace and quiet is better than a splendid one with
danger and risk. |
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A man is known by
the company he keeps. |
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A villain may
disguise himself, but he will not deceive the wise. |
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A willful beast
must go his own way |
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A willful man will
have his way to his own hurt. |
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A word in season is
most precious. |
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Abstain and enjoy. |
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Acquaintance
softens prejudices. |
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An act of kindness
is a good investment. |
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Attempt not
impossibilities. |
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Avoid a remedy that
is worse than the disease. |
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Be on guard against
men who can strike from a distance. |
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Be reasonable in
your criticism. |
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Be sure that there
are others worse off than yourself. |
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Beauty is only
skin-deep. |
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Benefits bestowed
upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring
you. |
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Better a certain
enemy than a doubtful friend. |
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Better poverty
without care, than riches with. |
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Beware of
flatterers. |
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Beware of
hypocrites. |
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Beware of the
counsel of the unfortunate. |
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Birds of a feather
flock together. |
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Change of habit
cannot alter Nature. |
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Children are not to
be blamed for the faults of their parents. |
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Choose the lesser
of two evils. |
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Clothes do not make
the man. |
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Contentment with
our lot is an element of happiness. |
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Counsel without
help is useless. |
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Count the cost
before you commit yourselves. |
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Do not attempt to
hide things which cannot be hid. |
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Do not attempt too
much at once. |
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Do not be in a
hurry to change one evil for another. |
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Do not count your
chickens before they are hatched. |
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Do not enter into
danger for the profit of others. |
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Do not lay claim to
a virtue you do not possess if you would keep the
respect of your friends. |
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Do not try to do
that which is not natural to you. |
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Do not waste your
pity on a scamp. |
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Do nothing without
a regard to the consequences. |
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Don't make much ado
about nothing. |
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Equals make the
best friends. |
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Even the wise must
recognize their limits. |
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Every man for
himself. |
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Every man should be
content to mind his own business. |
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Every tale is not
to be believed. |
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Everyone is more or
less master of his own fate. |
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Evil companions
bring more hurt than profit. |
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Evil tendencies are
shown in early life. |
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Evil wishes, like
chickens, come home to roost. |
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Example is more
powerful than precept. |
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Faithful service
should long be remembered. |
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False confidence
often leads into danger. |
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Figures are not
always facts. |
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Fine feather
friends are not worth much. |
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Fine feathers do
not make fine birds. |
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Force is not a
remedy. |
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Harm hatch, harm
catch. |
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Harm seek, harm
find. |
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He is not to be
trusted as a friend who mistreats his own family. |
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He is wise who is
warned by the misfortunes of others. |
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He who despises a
humble friend may be doing an ill turn to himself. |
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He who grasps at
the shadow may lose the substance. |
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He who shares the
danger ought to share the prize. |
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He who tries to
please everybody pleases nobody. |
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Hypocritical
speeches are easily seen through. |
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If men had all they
wished, they would be often ruined. |
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If words suffice
not, blows must follow. |
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In a change of
government the poor change nothing beyond the name of
their master. |
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In avoiding one
evil, care must be taken not to fall into another. |
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In quarreling about
the shadow we often lose the substance. |
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In serving the
wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape
injury for your pains. |
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It is a mean nature
which affects to dislike that which it is unable to
obtain. (Sour grapes) |
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It is absurd to ape
our betters. |
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It is an aspect of
all happiness to suppose that we deserve it. |
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It is better to
bend than to break. |
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It is dangerous to
speak the truth to tyrants. |
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It is easier to
make a suggestion than to carry it out. |
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It is easy to kick
a man that is down. |
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It is not always
wise to take people at their word. |
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It is too late to
prepare for danger when our enemies are upon us. |
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It is useless to
expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as
well as pray. |
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It matters little
if those who are inferior to us in merit should be like
us in outside appearances. |
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It shows an evil
disposition to take advantage of a friend in distress. |
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It sometimes
happens that one man has all the toil, and another all
the profit. |
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Kindness is better
bestowed on the living than on the dead. |
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Lessons are not
given, they are taken. |
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Let well alone. |
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Like will draw
like. |
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Little liberties
are great offenses. |
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Live and let live. |
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Look before you
leap. |
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Man is what he
believes. |
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Men argue. Nature
acts. |
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Men may be ruined
by attempting to appear that which Nature has not
intended them to be. |
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Men of evil
reputation, when they perform a good deed, fail to get
credit for it. |
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Men often bear
little grievances with less courage than they do large
misfortunes. |
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Might makes right. |
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Misfortune tests
the sincerity of friends. |
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Misfortune will
surely befall him who loves unwisely. |
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Misfortunes
springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear. |
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Misfortunes we
bring upon ourselves are doubly bitter. |
