A Dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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CIRCUMSTANCES alter cases
CUT your coat according to your cloth
no matter how long a LOG stays in the water..
it is a LONG lane that has no turning
NEW lords, new laws
OTHER times, other manners
when in ROME, do as the Romans do
STRETCH your arm no further than your sleeve will reach
everyone STRETCHES his legs according to the length of his coverlet
TIMES change and we with time

civility see manners; politeness


cleanliness


CLEANLINESS is next to godliness
if every man would SWEEP his own doorstep..

clothing see dress


coercion see free will and compulsion


coincidence


GREAT minds think alike
TALK of the Devil, and he is bound to appear

common sense see under discretion; prudence


company see associates; friends


compassion see pity


compulsion see free will and compulsion


concealment


those who HIDE can find
LOVE and a cough cannot be hid
MURDER will out
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