Do not stuff your servant with bread, and he won’t ask for cheese.
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An open door tempts a saint.
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Let it be a husband, though it be but a log.
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Be merry, Shrovetide, for to-morrow thou wilt be ashes.
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He who pledges or promises runs in debt.
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Throw that bone to another dog.
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