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28: Brachmanica

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Many Words will not fill a Bushel; The younger Brother the better Gentleman.

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A Shoemaker must not go beyond his Last

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]

Proferred Service stinks; The Receiver is as bad as the Thief; Reckon not your Chickens before they are hatched.

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

A scan of blank paper for use in backgrounds (public domain)

It’s neither Rhime nor Reason; What is got over the Devil’s Back will be spent under his Belly.

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

When the Steed’s stolen, shut the Stable Door.

The more Haste the worse Speed; When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.

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

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