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Save a Thief from Hanging, and he’ll cut your Throat; Jack will never make a Gentleman.

After sweet Meat comes sour Sauce; [woodcut of stout man, seated, with bandaged foot]

The Traceys have always the Wind in their Faces; To cut large Thongs out of another Man’s Leather; Too much of one Thing is good for nothing

Hungry Dogs will eat dirty Pudding; He that would live at Peace and Rest, Must hear and see, and say the Best.

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One good Turn deserves another; He steals a Goose, and gives the Giblets in Alms.

As you brew so you shall bake; Every bean has its Black; it is an ill wind that blows no body good

A Burnt Child dreads the Fire

One scabbed Sheep marrs a whole Flock; Tread on a Worm and it will turn.

Need makes the old Wife trot; [woodcut: barefoot old woman hitches up skirts to cross a stream]

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

Well begun is half ended; All is well that ends well.

Nothing venture, nothing have; Virtue which parleys is near a Surrender.

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

To buy a Pig in a poke; Robin Hood’s Pennyworths; He looks one way and rows another.

He makes a Rod for his own Breech.

One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]

An old Dog will learn no Tricks; If you trust before you try, You may repent before you die.

I talk of Chalk and you of Cheese; Charity begins at Home; Cut your Coat according to your Cloth; What can’t be cur’d must be endur’d.

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