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What is bred in the Bone will never be out of the Flesh; One Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Bush; A Cat may look upon a king.

A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss; It is good to make Hay while the Sun shines.

Harm watch, Harm catch; It is a good Horse that never stumbles.

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.

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

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

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

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]

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

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

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

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

Fast bind, fast find; Like Father like Son.

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

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