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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   laugh.
   Work begun is half done.
   Your head will never save your heels.
   Time lost is never got again.
   Where there is woe there is a want.
   Seek and you shall find.
   Don't cross a river till you come to it.
   It's time enough to bid the devil "good morrow" when you meet him.
   Your pocket in the end is your only friend.
   There is no like an old fool.
   Have the name of being an early riser and you can sleep all day.
   If you want to know me come live with me.
   There is never smoke without fire.
   Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
   Every cloud has a silver lining.
   A shut mouth catches no flies.
   As long as the pitcher goes to the well it gets broken at last.
   Marry in May and you will rue the day.
   Old soldiers never die, they only fade away.
   If you have a cow you will get a cow.
   Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
   The help of God is nearer than the door.
   The day of the wind is not the day for the

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Nancy Corcoran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kiltown, Co. Kilkenny