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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Suvin1122" data-source="post: 6616303" data-attributes="member: 177083">01. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.02. A bad corn promise is better    than a good lawsuit.   03. A bad workman quarrels with his tools. 04. A bargain is a bargain.  05. A beggar can never be bankrupt.06. A bird in the hand is worth two in    the bush.07. A bird may be known by its song.08. A black hen lays a    white egg.   09. A blind leader of the blind. 10. A blind man would be glad to see.  11. A broken friendship may be soldered, but will never be sound.12. A    burden of one's own choice is not felt.13. A burnt child dreads the fire.   14. A cat in gloves catches no mice. 15. A city that parleys is half    gotten.16. A civil denial is better than a rude grant.17. A clean fast    is better than a dirty breakfast.18. A clean hand wants no washing.   19. A clear conscience laughs at false accusations. 20. A close mouth    catches no flies.21. A cock is valiant on his own dunghill.22. A    cracked bell can never sound well.23. A creaking door hangs long on its    hinges.   24. A curst cow has short horns.25. A danger foreseen is half avoided.   26. A drop in the bucket.27. A drowning man will catch at a straw. 28.    A fair face may hide a foul heart.29. A fault confessed is half redressed.   30. A fly in the ointment.31. A fool always rushes to the fore. 32. A    fool and his money are soon parted.33. A fool at forty is a fool indeed.  34. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in    seven years.   35. A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull    out. 36. A fool's tongue runs before his wit.37. A forced kindness    deserves no thanks.38. A foul morn may turn to a fair day.  39. A fox is not taken twice in the same snare.40. A friend in need is a    friend indeed.   43. A friend is never known till needed.42. A friend    to all is a friend to none.43. A friend's frown is better than a foe's    smile.   44. A good anvil does not fear the hammer.45. A good beginning is half the    battle. 46. A good beginning makes a good ending.47. A good deed is    never lost.48. A good dog deserves a good bone.49. A good example is    the best sermon.   50. A good face is a letter of recommendation.51. A good Jack makes a good    Jill. 52. A good marksman may miss.53. A good name is better than    riches.54. A good name is sooner lost than won.55. A good name keeps    its lustre in the dark.   56. A good wife makes a good husband.57. A great dowry is a bed full of    brambles. 58. A great fortune is a great slavery.59. A great ship asks    deep waters.60. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.61. A hard nut to    crack.   62. A heavy purse makes a light heart.63. A hedge between keeps friendship    green. 64. A honey tongue, a heart of gall.65. A hungry belly has no    ears.66. A hungry man is an angry man.67. A Jack of all trades is    master of none.   68. A Joke never gains an enemy but often loses a friend. 69. A lawyer    never goes to law himself.70. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy.71. A    liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.72. A lie begets a lie.   73. A light purse is a heavy curse.74. A light purse makes a heavy heart.   75. A little body often harbours a great soul.76. A little fire is quickly    trodden out.77. A man can die but once.78. A man can do no more than    he can.   79. A man is known by the company he keeps.80. A man of words and not of    deeds is like a garden full of weeds. 81. A miserly father makes a    prodigal son.82. A miss is as good as a mile.83. A new broom sweeps    clean.   84. A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.85. A penny saved is a    penny gained.86. A penny soul never came to twopence. 87. A quiet    conscience sleeps in thunder.88. A rolling stone gathers no moss.   89. A round peg in a square hole.90. A shy cat makes a proud mouse.91.    A silent fool is counted wise.92. A small leak will sink a great ship.   93. A soft answer turns away wrath.94. A sound mind in a sound body.   95. A stitch in time saves nine.96. A storm in a teacup.97. A tattler    is worse than a thief.98. A thief knows a thief as a wolf knows a wolf.   99. A thief passes for a gentleman when stealing has made him rich.   100. A threatened blow is seldom given.101. A tree is known by its fruit.  102. A wager is a fool's argument.103. A watched pot never boils. 104.    A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.105. A wolf in sheep's    clothing.   106. A wonder lasts but nine days.107. A word is enough to the wise.  108. A word spoken is past recalling.109. Actions speak louder than words.   110. Adversity is a great schoolmaster.111. Adversity makes strange    bedfellows.   112. After a storm comes a calm.113. After dinner comes the reckoning.  114. After dinner sit (sleep) a while, after supper walk a mile. 115.    After rain comes fair weather.116. After us the deluge.117. Agues come    on horseback, but go away on foot.   118. All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?119. All are not    friends that speak us fair. 120. All are not hunters that blow the horn.  121. All are not merry that dance lightly.122. All are not saints that go    to church.   123. All asses wag their ears.124. All bread is not baked in one oven.  125. All cats are grey in the dark (in the night).126. All covet, all    lose.127. All doors open to courtesy.128. All is fish that comes to    his net.   129. All is not lost that is in peril.130. All is well that ends well.   131. All lay load on the willing horse.132. All men can't be first.  133. All men can't be masters.134. All promises are either broken or kept.   135. All roads lead to Rome .136. All sugar and honey.137. All that    glitters is not gold.138. All things are difficult before they are easy.  139. All truths are not to be told. 140. All work and no play makes Jack a    dull boy.   141. "Almost" never killed a fly (was never hanged). 142. Among the blind    the one-eyed man is king.143. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  144. An ass in a lion's skin. 145. An ass is but an ass, though laden with    gold.   146. An ass loaded with gold climbs to the top of the castle. 147. An    empty hand is no lure for a hawk.148. An empty sack cannot stand upright.  149. An empty vessel gives a greater sound than a full barrel.   150. An evil chance seldom comes alone.151. An honest tale speeds best,    being plainly told. 152. An hour in the morning is worth two in the    evening.153. An idle brain is the devil's workshop.154. An ill wound    is cured, not an ill name.   155. An oak is not felled at one stroke.156. An old dog barks not in vain.   157. An open door may tempt a saint.158. An ounce of discretion is worth a    pound of learning.159. An ox is taken by the horns, and a man by the    tongue.   160. An unfortunate man would be drowned in a teacup. 161. Anger and haste    hinder good counsel.162. Any port in a storm.163. Appearances are    deceitful.164. Appetite comes with eating.165. As drunk as a lord.   166. As innocent as a babe unborn.167. As like as an apple to an oyster.   168. As like as two peas.169. As old as the hills.170. As plain as the    nose on a man's face.171. As plain as two and two make four.   172. As snug as a bug in a rug .173. As sure as eggs is eggs.174. As    the call, so the echo.175. As the fool thinks, so the bell clinks.176.    As the old cock crows, so does the young.177. As the tree falls, so shall    it lie.   178. As the tree, so the fruit.179. As welcome as flowers in May. 180.    As welcome as water in one's shoes.181. As well be hanged for a sheep as    for a lamb.182. As you brew, so must you drink.183. As you make your    bed, so must you lie on it.   184. As you sow, so shall you reap. 185. Ask no questions and you will be    told no lies.186. At the ends of the earth.187. Bacchus has drowned    more men than Neptune .188. Bad news has wings.189. Barking does    seldom bite.   190. Be slow to promise and quick to perform. 191. Be swift to hear, slow    to speak. 192. Beauty is but skin-deep.193. Beauty lies in lover's    eyes.194. Before one can say Jack Robinson.195. Before you make a    friend eat a bushel of salt with him.   196. Beggars cannot be choosers.197. Believe not all that you see nor half    what you hear. 198. Best defence is offence.199. Better a glorious    death than a shameful life.200. Better a lean peace than a fat victory.   201. Better a little fire to warm us, than a great one to burn us.202.    Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow. 203. Better an open enemy than a    false friend.204. Better be alone than in bad company.205. Better be    born lucky than rich.   206. Better be envied than pitied.207. Better be the head of a dog than    the tail of a lion. 208. Better deny at once than promise long.209.    Better die standing than live kneeling.210. Better early than late.   211. Better give a shilling than lend a half-crown.212. Better go to bed    supperless than rise in debt. 213. Better late than never.214. Better    lose a jest than a friend.215. Better one-eyed than stone-blind.   216. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't.217. Better the    foot slip than the tongue. 218. Better to do well than to say well.  219. Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.220. Better unborn than    untaught.   221. Better untaught than ill-taught.222. Between the cup and the lip a    morsel may slip. 223. Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea.224.    Between two evils 'tis not worth choosing.225. Between two stools one goes    (falls) to the ground.   226. Between the upper and nether millstone.227. Betwixt and between.   228. Beware of a silent dog and still water.229. Bind the sack before it    be full.230. Birds of a feather flock together.231. Blind men can    judge no colours.   232. Blood is thicker than water.233. Borrowed garments never fit well.   234. Brevity is the soul of wit.235. Burn not your house to rid it of the    mouse.236. Business before pleasure.237. By doing nothing we learn to    do ill.   238. By hook or by crook.239. By the street of 'by-and-bye' one arrives at    the house of 'Never'.240. Calamity is man's true touchstone.241. Care    killed the cat.242. Catch the bear before you sell his skin.   243. Caution is the parent of safety.244. Charity begins at home.245.    Cheapest is the dearest. 246. Cheek brings success. 247. Children and    fools must not play with edged tools.248. Children are poor men's riches.   249. Choose an author as you choose a friend.250. Christmas comes but once    a year, (but when it comes it brings good cheer). </blockquote>

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