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Decorative initial I, Coloured

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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

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.

Give a Man Luck and throw him into the Sea; Money makes the Mare to go; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip.

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

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

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.

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

Better play at small Game than stand out; Give him a Rowland for his Oliver.

Curs’d Cows have short Horns; Much falls between the Cup and the Lip. No longer pipe no longer dance.

Fat Paunches make Lean Pates.

Near is my Shirt, but Nearer is my Skin.

Sue a Beggar and catch a Louse; Many Hands make Light Work; [woodcut: well-dressed man scratches his head standing near a beggar with outstretched hat]

’Tis too late to spare when all is spent; One Swallow does not make Summer.

Give him a Rowland for his Oliver; Penny Wise, and Pound Foolish; He that Reckons without his Host must reckon again.

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

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