When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
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He wants to fly before he has wings.Dutch
Better a blush in the face than a spot in the heart.
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No wheat without chaff.
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A hundred men can make an encampment, but it requires a woman to make a home.
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He that would make a golden gate, must bring a nail to it daily.
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The rich devour the poor, and the devil devours the rich and so both are devoured.
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