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   1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, 2. Don't sell your hen on a rainy day, 3. Too many cooks spoil the broth, 4. Think twice before you speak once, 5. Look before you leap, 6. Better late than never, 7. Do the work that is nearest always when you meet them, helping lame dogs over stiles. 8. A new broom sweeps clean, 9. Aid yourself and god will aid you, 10. Kill the two birds with the one stone, 11. All is not gold that glitters, 12. There is many a kind of a pebble on a Beech, 13. A stich in time saves mine, 14. Make hay while the sun shines, 15. Praise a good day at night, 16. A pot cannot call the pan black, 17. Une may as well wear out as rust out, 18. It is a long lane that has no turning 19. Beauty is only skin deep, 20.A chain is no stronger than to

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         1. proverbs (~4,377)

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   Mr J. Powell

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   Mr R. Douglas

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