A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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HAWKS will not pick out hawks’ eyes
JUDGE not, that ye be not judged
LOVE begets love
NOTHING comes of nothing
NOTHING for nothing
you SCRATCH my back, I’ll scratch yours
you don’t get SOMETHING for nothing

recreation


a CHANGE is as good as a rest
he that would go to SEA for pleasure..
all WORK and no play makes Jack a dull boy

regrets


MARRY in haste, repent at leisure
MARRY in May, rue for aye
things PAST cannot be recalled
it is too late to shut the STABLE-door after the horse has bolted

reputation


if the CAP fits, wear it
the DEVIL is not so black..
give a DOG a bad name and hang him every
DOG is allowed one bite
the only GOOD Indian is a dead Indian
GOOD wine needs no bush
he that has an ILL name is half hanged
if the SHOE fits, wear it
SPEAK as you find
never SPEAK ill of the dead
one man may STEAL a horse, while another may not look over a hedge

retribution


CURSES, like chickens, come home to roost
what GOES around comes around
ILL gotten goods never thrive
he who LIVES by the sword dies by the sword
the MILLS of God grind slowly..
PRIDE goes before a fall
WINTER never rots in the sky
even a WORM will turn
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