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1. Proverbs (continued)

   

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   but you can't trick all the world all the time. 35. Out of the fashion out of the world. 36. Saying and doing are two things. 37. Never buy a pig in a bog. 38. Great oaks grow from little acorns. 39. He that goes a-borrowing goes a sorrowing. 40. Never make a mountain out of a molehill.

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2. Proverbs

   

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   41. Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day.
   42. The early bird catches the worm.
   43. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
   44. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
   45. Too sweet is never wholesome.
   46. The more hurry the less speed.
   47. A wise man alway carries his coat of a fine day.
   48. Praise a fair day at night.
   49. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth

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