More English Proverbs
Self-praise is no praise at all....
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One funeral makes many....
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Of wine the middle, of oil the top, and of honey the bottom is best....
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The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives....
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If you swear you will catch no fish....
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Other Proverbs
In borrowing an angel, in repaying a devil....
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Where force prevails, right perishes....
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A postern door makes a thief....
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Do not throw pearls to swine....
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The best soldiers are not warlike....
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Young men may die, old men must.
- English Proverb