More English Proverbs
Short acquaintance brings repentance....
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Dogs that bark at a distance never bite....
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Despair doubles our strength....
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Death always comes too early or too late....
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Fools build houses, and wise men buy them....
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Other Proverbs
He who takes a wife takes a master....
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Everything goes by favour and cousinship....
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Handsomely asked, handsomely refused....
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The mountains are never so far apart but the animals find on...
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Wishes never filled the bag....
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He who is shipwrecked the second time, cannot lay the blame on Neptune
- English Proverb
