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Excerpt from The Toronto World, Book of English Proverbs: Including All the Proverbs to Be Used in the Toronto World's Proverb Contest
A good shape 15 in the shear' s mouth. A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion' 5 heart, and a lady's hand. A good take heed will surely speed. A good tale is none the worse for being twice told. X) b A goon thing is soon caught up. A good tongue is a good weapon. A good wife and health are a man's best wealth. /a good winter brings a good summer. A good word 15 as soon said as a bad one. A goose -quill 15 more dangerous than a lion's claw. A gossip speaks ill of all, and all of her. A grain of prudence is worth a pound of craft. A great city, a great solitude. A great cry and a little wool. A great dowry is a bed full of brambles. A great fortune, in the hands of a fool, is a great misfortune. A great fortune IS a great slavery. A great load of gold is more burthensome than a light load of gravel. A great man and a great river are often ill neighbors. A great man's foolish sayings sass for wise ones. A great mark is soonest hit. A great reputation is a great charge. A greatship must have deep water. A great tree hath a great fall. A greedy man God hates. Fa green winter makes a fat churchyard. A green wound is soon healed. A growing youth hath a wolf 1n his belly. A handful'of common sense is worth a bushel of learning. A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning. Wka handsome bodied man in the face. A handsome hostess 1s bad for the purse. A hangman is a good trade, he doth his work by daylight. A happy heart makes a blooming visage. A hare may draw a lion with a golden cord. A hasty man never wants woe. A headstrong man and a fool may wear the same cap. A hober-de hoy, half a man and half a boy. A hog in armour is still but a hog. A hog upon trust, grunts till he's paid for. A honey tongue, a heart of, gall. A hook's well lost to catch a salmon. A horn heard soon, though hardly seen. A horse is neither better nor worse for his trappings. A horse that will not carry a saddle must have no oats. A hot May makes a fat churchyard. A houndless man comes to the best hunting.
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