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Adversity tries friends.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 6. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_6
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What every one asks, what every one gives, but what very few take—advice.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 9. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_9
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Advice comes too late when a thing is done.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 11. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_11
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Anger is short-lived in a good man.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 29. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_29
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Ask thy purse what thou shouldst buy.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 43. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_43
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Better be alone than in bad company.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 54. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_54
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Make the best of a bad bargain.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 67. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_67
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At a great bargain make a great pause.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 69. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_69
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A man may bear till his back breaks.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 80. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_80
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Bear and forbear.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 81. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_81
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Good to begin well; better to end well.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 103. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_103
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Even small birds must have meat.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 125. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_125
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A black plum is as sweet as a white.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 130. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_130
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He who blusters without reason has most reason to bluster.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 139. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_139
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A bow long bent at last waxeth weak.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 150. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_150
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Great braggers, little doers.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 156. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_156
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The brain that sows not corn, plants thistles.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 157. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_157
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A broken leg is not healed by a silk stocking.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 167. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_167
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A burden which one chooses is not felt.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 168. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_168
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Business is the salt of life.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 173. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_173
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In a calm sea every man is a pilot.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 187. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_187
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Burn not your candle at both ends at once.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 190. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_190
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Be captain of your own ship.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 197. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_197
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Care's no cure.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 200. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_200
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Don't run away with more than you can carry.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 204. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_204
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Tis easy to build castles in the air.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 206. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_206
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A cat loves fish, but she's loth to wet her feet.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 217. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_217
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Those are wise who learn caution from their own experience; but those are wiser who learn it from the experience of others.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 220. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_220
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Civil words cost nothing, and go a long way.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 259. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_259
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 265. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_265
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Have not the cloak to make when it begins to rain.Proverb collected by Thomas Preston · Thomas Preston (compiler), A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, proverb 266. — https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39281/pg39281-images.html#proverb_266
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