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A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles

A bad worker quarrels with his tools

A bad workman blames his tools

A bar of iron continually ground becomes a needle

A beautiful bird is the only kind we cage

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river

A bird does not sing because it has an answer It sings because it has a song

A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives you roses

A book holds a house of gold

A bride received into the home is like a horse that you have just bought; you break her in by constantly mounting her and continually beating her

A bridle for the tongue is a necessary piece of furniture

A chicken is hatched even from such a well-sealed thing as an egg

A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every passerby leaves a mark

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all

A client twixt his attorney and counselor is like a goose twixt two foxes

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

A cloth is not woven from a single thread

A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization

A courageous foe is better than a cowardly friend

A courtesy much entreated is half recompensed

A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind

A day of sorrow is longer than a month of joy

A dog in desperation will leap over a wall

A dog won’t forsake his master because of poverty; a son never deserts his mother because of her homely appearance

A fall into a ditch makes you wiser

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