Once smitten, twice shy.
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Better to kiss a knave than be troubled with him.
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It is a sin against hospitality to open the doors and shut up the countenance.
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The Devil's children have the Devil's luck.
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Delays are not denials.
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Words are but wind, but blows unkind.
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