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   6. The idle man tempts the devil.
   7. A shut mouth never did any harm.
   8. If you are strong be merciful.
   9. Think twice before you ask once.
   10. Cut your clothes according to your cloth.
   11. Pride often proceeds a fall.
   12. Charity begins at home but it should not end there.
   13. Penny wise and pound foolish.
   14. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
   15. You may have a friend once but you have your neighbour always.
   16. We know the value of the water when the well runs dry.
   17. Make provisions for the rainy day.
   18. A nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
   19. Put a beggar on a horse back and he'll ride to hell.
   20. Never spur a free horse.
   21. The bark is sometimes worse than the bite.
   22. Never take the book by the cover.
   23. A half a minute to soon is better then an hour too late.
   24. Its the last straw that breaks the

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rena Donohue

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Shallon, Co. Meath