The tongue is not steel yet it cuts.
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All are good lasses, but whence come the bad wives?
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Words hurt more than swords.
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Never offer to teach fish to swim.
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Give a dog an ill name and hang him.
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An oak is not felled at one stroke.
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Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
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While the grass grows, the horse starves.
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Soft fire makes sweet malt.
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Where nothing is the king must lose his right.
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Pouring Oil on the fire is not the way to quench it.
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The sun shines everywhere.
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When candles are out, all cats are grey.
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A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
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He who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind.
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One beats the bush, and another catches the birds.
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Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.
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Lean liberty is better than fat slavery.
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If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.
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He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
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