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Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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all good things must come to an end
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All's fair in love and war
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All that glitters is not gold
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All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
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Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer
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A bad excuse is better than none at all
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Beauty is only skin deep
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The best things in life are free
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Better late than never
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Better the devil you know than the devil you don't
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Blood is thicker than water
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Caveat Emptor
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A change is as good as a rest
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A crust is better than no bread
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Cut your coat according to your cloth
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Different strokes for different folks
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Do as I say, not as I do
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
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Don't burn the candle at both ends
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Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy and wise
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Every man has his price
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Everything in moderation
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The eyes are bigger than the stomach
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Few words are best
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First come, First served.
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A fool and his money are soon parted
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Fortune favors the bold
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Give the devil his due
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A good conscience makes a soft pillow
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The good die young
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
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Great minds think alike
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Half a loaf is better than no bread
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He knows on which side his bread is buttered
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He that fears death lives not
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He who teaches, learns
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His bark is worse than his bite.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Hope springs eternal.
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If it were not for hope, the heart would break.
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If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
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If you can't beat'em, join'em.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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Ignorance is bliss.
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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It is no use crying over spilt milk.
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It never rains but it pours.
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Keep something for a rainy day　
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Kill two birds with one stone
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Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.
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Least said, soonest mended
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Let bygones be bygones
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Let not the sun go down upon your wrath.
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Live and learn
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Love me, love my dog
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Make haste slowly.
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Man proposes, God disposes
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any hands make light work.
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A miss is as good as a mile.
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Moderation in all things
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today
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Never say die
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No news is good news.
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No pain, no gain
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Old habits die hard
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Once bitten, twice shy
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One man's meat is another man's poison.
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One picture is worth a thousand words.
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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Out of sight, out of mind
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The pen is mightier than the sword
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he possibilities are infinite.
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Practice what you preach.
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Revenge is sweet.
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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Seeing is believing.
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Silence is golden.
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Slow and steady wins the race
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The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
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Take things as they come.
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There is many a true word spoken in jest
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There is no such thing as a free lunch
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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Time flies when you’re having fun
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Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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A true friend is the spice of life.
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Two heads are better than one.
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Variety is the spice of life.
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Waste not, want not
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A watched pot never boils.
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What is worth doing is worth doing well.
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When one door shuts, another opens.
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
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Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
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Robbing the cradle.
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The footsteps of fortune are slippery.
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A beggar can never be bankrupt.
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Clever people often miss their mark.
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Water is a boon in the desert, but the drowning man curses it.
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Waiting for the sky to fall
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I am off the hook.
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A bad woman is worse than a bad man.
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A daily guest is a great thief in the kitchen.
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Call a spade a spade.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths.
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Nothing comes of nothing.
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Don't cry over spilt milk.
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It's raining cats and dogs.
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All are not saints that go to church.
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A little spark may kindle a great fire.
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A cock is always bold on its own dunghill.
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A little body often harbors a great soul.
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A fool's haste is no speed.
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Good company on the road is the shortest cut.
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Beggars mustn't be choosers
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Hide not your light under a bushel.
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Money doesn't grow on trees.
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The longest day has an end.
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Dreaming of obtaining impossible pleasures.
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Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.
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Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches.
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Still water runs deep.
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Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.
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The bait hides the hook.
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People ask you for criticism, but they only want praise.
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
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(He) who receives a gift, sells his liberty.
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By forgetting our injuries we show ourselves superior to them.
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The diamonds of other countries are always the most beautiful.
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A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
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Success is a relative term; it brings so many relatives.
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We (sea folk) can live to be three hundred years old, but when we perish we turn into mere foam on the sea.
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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Experience is the extract of suffering.
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The devil finds work for idle hands to do.
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Forbidden fruit is sweetest.
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The absent are always in the wrong.
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If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
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Between two stools you fall to the ground.
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An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
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All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
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Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
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Gold has more worshippers than God.
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When God has his church, the devil will have his chapel.
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Idle folk have the least leisure.
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When fools make mistakes, they lay blame on providence.
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Joy shared is joy doubled; sorrow shared is sorrow halved.
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A burnt child dreads the fire.
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Good fences make good neighbors
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An empty sack cannot stand upright.
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A rich man's joke is always funny.
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An evil husband converts a family into a hell on earth.
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make him drink.
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Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
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Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
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He that has a white horse and a fair wife never wants trouble.
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The golden age was never the present age.
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In wine there is truth.
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?Lookers-on see most of the game.
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Crows are black the whole world over.
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A crow is never the white for washing herself often.
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Look on the bright side.
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?He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.
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Don't put the cart before the horse.
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It's better to return home and make a net than long for fish on the edge of the pond.
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Borrowed garments never fit well.
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Pardon is the most glorious revenge.
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While the weak wait for opportunities; the strong create them.
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?When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.
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The man who loses his opportunities loses himself.
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Three removes are as bad as a fire.
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A bad padlock invites picklock.
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Might is right.
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The friar preached against stealing and had a goose in his sleeve.
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The doctor is often more to be feared than the disease.
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Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
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An enemy may chance to give good counsel.
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A hungry dog and a thirsty horse take no heed of blows.
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A hungry dog will eat dirty pudding.
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Wise men think alike.
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A cracked pot never fell off the hook.
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A contented ass enjoys a long life.
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Half a loaf is better than none.
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A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
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A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
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No lock will hold against the power of gold.
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A bad workman never finds a good tool.
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A clear conscience is a good pillow.
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A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
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A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.