School: Carraig na Heorna (roll number 10938)

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   79 Look before you leap.
   80 Closing the door after the robbery [sic]
   81 A person often cut a rod to beat himself [sic]
   82 A wise man carries his coat.
   83 The person who walks a long road grinds both fine and coarse.
   84 The man who doesn’t carry his coat on a dry day, doesn’t have it on a wet day.
   85 Manners maketh man.
   86 Nothing worthy is ever lightly won.
   87 Open minds make observant scholars.
   88 Time and patience could do almost anything.
   89 Unless you strive you can’t succeed.
   90 They think little who talk too much.
   91 Words of kindness cost us nothing. Yet they will sometimes buy us much.
   92 Vain and vulgar oft go hand in hand.
   93 Many hands make light work
   94 Too many cooks spoil the broth.
   95 Character is higher than intellect.
   96 Judge nothing by appearance alone.
   97 He who only drinks water does not get drunk.
   98 The person who is not strong has to be cute.

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Susan Mary Irwin

   Gender

   Female