More English Proverbs
You can't get blood out of a turnip....
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The afterthought is good for nought, except it be to catch blind horse...
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives....
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Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me....
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The devil take the hindmost...
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Other Proverbs
He who has drunk will drink....
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The gown is hers that wears it; and the world is his who enj...
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The best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley....
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The flawed pot lasts longest....
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Scratch people where they itch....
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A man may lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink.
- English Proverb