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Never mention rope in the house of a man who has been hanged.
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Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves.
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It is not spring until you can plant your foot upon twelve daisies.
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Home is home, as the Devil said when he found himself in the Court of Session.
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A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men.
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Everyone speaks well of the bridge which carries him over.
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Turkey, heresy, hops, and beer came into England all in one year.
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My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
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An ape's an ape, a varlet's a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
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Hear all, see all, say nowt, tak'all, keep all, gie nowt, and if tha ever does owt for nowt do it for thysen.
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It is best to be off with the old love before you are on with the new.
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If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.
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A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.
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What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
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If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain.
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Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes it.
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The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
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Give a thing, and take a thing, to wear the devil's gold ring.
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Three things are not to be trusted; a cow's horn, a dog's tooth, and a horse's hoof.
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A deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple.
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There goes more to marriage than four bare legs in a bed.
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You can take a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
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There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.
Variant: There is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing.
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Who won't be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.
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The robin and the wren are God's cock and hen; the martin and the swallow are God's mate and marrow.
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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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A proverb is a simple and concrete saying, popularly known and repeated, that expresses a truth based on common sense or experience. They are often metaphorical. A proverb that describes a basic rule of conduct may also be known as a maxim.
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