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When the Steed’s stolen, shut the Stable Door.
To buy a Pig in a poke; Robin Hood’s Pennyworths; He looks one way and rows another.
Curs’d Cows have short Horns; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip. No longer pipe no longer dance.
Well begun is half ended; All is well that ends well.
Brag is a good Dog, but Holdfast is a better; The Belly has no Ears; [woodcut: mouse by house perhaps made from candle with snuffer]
One Man had better steal a Horse than another look over the Hedge; [woodcut: highayman with hat and cape leads a horse]
A Fool’s Bolt is soon shot; Birds of a Feather flock together; Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire.
A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss; It is good to make Hay while the Sun shines.
He who has a mind to beat a Dog will easily find a Stick; Naught is never in Danger; Faint Heart never won fair Lady.
One good Turn deserves another; He steals a Goose, and gives the Giblets in Alms.
Nothing venture, nothing have; Virtue which parleys is near a Surrender.
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He sets the Fox to keep his Geese. [woodcut: fox watching geese]
He makes a Rod for his own Breech.
All goes down Gutter-lane; As Wise as a Man of Gotham; As good as George of Green; [woodcut: stout man drinks from mug, holds saussage with a fork]
Give him a Rowland for his Oliver; Penny Wise, and Pound Foolish; He that Reckons without his Host must reckon again.
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
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