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A cat may look at a king
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A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
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A change is as good as a rest
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A dog is a man’s best friend
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw
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A fish always rots from the head down
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A fool and his money are soon parted
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A friend in need is a friend indeed
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A golden key can open any door
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A good beginning makes a good ending
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A good man is hard to find
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A house divided against itself cannot stand
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A house is not a home
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
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A leopard cannot change its spots
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
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A little learning is a dangerous thing
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A little of what you fancy does you good
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A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client
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A miss is as good as a mile
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A new broom sweeps clean
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A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind horse
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A penny saved is a penny earned
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A person is known by the company he keeps
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A picture paints a thousand words
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A place for everything and everything in its place
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A poor workman always blames his tools
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A problem shared is a problem halved
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A prophet is not recognized in his own land
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A rising tide lifts all boats
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A rolling stone gathers no moss
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A soft answer turneth away wrath
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A stitch in time saves nine
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A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is worth a silver spoon; but a swarm in July is not worth a fly
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A thing of beauty is a joy forever
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A trouble shared is a trouble halved
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A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men
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A watched pot never boils
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A woman’s place is in the home
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A woman’s work is never done
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A word to the wise is enough
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely
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Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).
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Actions speak louder than words
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Adversity makes strange bedfellows
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After a storm comes a calm
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All good things come to he who waits
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All good things must come to an end
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All is grist that comes to the mill
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All publicity is good publicity
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All roads lead to Rome
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All that glisters is not gold
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All that glitters is not gold
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All the world loves a lover
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All things come to those who wait
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All things must pass
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
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All you need is love
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All’s fair in love and war
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All’s for the best in the best of all possible worlds
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All’s well that ends well
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A miss is as good as a mile
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
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An army marches on its stomach
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An Englishman’s home is his castle
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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Another day, another dollar
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Any port in a storm
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April showers bring forth May flowers
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As thick as thieves
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As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it
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As you sow so shall you reap
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Ask a silly question and you’ll get a silly answer
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Ask no questions and hear no lies
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Attack is the best form of defence
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Bad money drives out good
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Bad news travels fast
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Barking dogs seldom bite
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
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Beauty is only skin deep
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Beggars should not be choosers
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Behind every great man there’s a great woman
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Better late than never
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Better safe than sorry
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Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don’t
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Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
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Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool that to speak and remove all doubt
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Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
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Beware the Ides of March
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Big fish eat little fish
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Birds of a feather flock together
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Blood is thicker than water
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Boys will be boys
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Brevity is the soul of wit
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Business before pleasure
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Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion
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Carpe diem (Pluck the day; Seize the day)
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Charity begins at home
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Cheats never prosper
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Children should be seen and not heard
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Cleanliness is next to godliness
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Clothes make the man
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Cold hands, warm heart
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Comparisons are odious
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Count your blessings
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Cowards may die many times before their death
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Crime doesn’t pay
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Cut your coat to suit your cloth
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Dead men tell no tales
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Devil take the hindmost
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Discretion is the better part of valour
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Distance lends enchantment to the view
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Do as I say, not as I do
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Do as you would be done by
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Do unto others as you would have them do to you
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Don’t bite the hand that feeds you
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Don’t burn your bridges behind you
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Don’t cast your pearls before swine
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Don’t change horses in midstream
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Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched
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Don’t cross the bridge till you come to it
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Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face
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Don’t keep a dog and bark yourself
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Don’t let the bastards grind you down
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Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth
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Don’t meet troubles half-way
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Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
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Don’t put the cart before the horse
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Don’t put new wine into old bottles
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Don’t rock the boat
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Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar
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Don’t throw pearls to swine
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Don’t teach your Grandma to suck eggs
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Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater
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Don’t try to walk before you can crawl
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Don’t upset the apple-cart
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Don’t wash your dirty linen in public
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Doubt is the beginning not the end of wisdom
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Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
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East is east, and west is west
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East, west, home’s best
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Easy come, easy go
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Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die
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Empty vessels make the most noise
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Enough is as good as a feast
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Enough is enough
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Even a worm will turn
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Every cloud has a silver lining
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Every dog has its day
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Every Jack has his Jill
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Every little helps
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Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost
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Every man has his price
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Every picture tells a story
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Every stick has two ends
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Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die
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Everything comes to him who waits
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Failing to plan is planning to fail
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Faint heart never won fair lady
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Fair exchange is no robbery
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Faith will move mountains
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Familiarity breeds contempt
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Feed a cold and starve a fever
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Fight fire with fire
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Finders keepers, losers weepers
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Fine words butter no parsnips
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First come, first served
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First impressions are the most lasting
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First things first
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Fish always stink from the head down
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Fish and guests smell after three days
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Flattery will get you nowhere
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
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For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost
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Forewarned is forearmed
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Forgive and forget
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Fortune favours the brave
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From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step
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Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains
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Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration
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Give a dog a bad name and hang him
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Give a man a fish and you will feed him for a day…
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Give a man enough rope and he will hang himself
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Give credit where credit is due
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God helps those who help themselves
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Good fences make good neighbours
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Good talk saves the food
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Good things come to those who wait
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Great minds think alike
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Half a loaf is better than no bread
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Handsome is as handsome does
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Hard cases make bad law
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Hard work never did anyone any harm
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Haste makes waste
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He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing
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He who can does, he who cannot, teaches
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He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day
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