More English Proverbs
Some men have only one book in them, others a library....
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A stumble may prevent a fall....
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He that serves at the altar ought to live by the altar....
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The devil owed a cake and paid a loaf....
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A carrion crow never brings luck....
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Other Proverbs
Some thinking to avenge their shame increase it....
(French) >>
Example is the greatest of all seducers....
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Civility costs nothing....
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Apples taste sweetest when they are going....
(Latin) >>
Confessed faults are half mended...
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There's many a good cock come out of a tattered bag.
- English Proverb
