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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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MALICE . Malice is mindful.
MALT . Slow fire makes sweet malt.
MAN . A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.
MAN . Man proposes, God disposes.
MAN . Man doth what he can, and God what He will.
MANNERS . Manners often make fortunes.
MANY HANDS . Many hands make light work.
MARCH . 1028. MARCH. March many weathers.
MARCH DUST . A bushel of March dust is worth a king's ransom.
MARKET . A man must sell his ware at the rate of the market.
MARKET . Forsake not the market for the toll.
MARKET . If fools went not to market, bad ware would not be sold.
MARKET . Three women and a goose make a market.
MARRIAGE . Marriage halves our griefs, and doubles our joys.
MARRIAGE (ILL) . An ill marriage is a spring of ill fortune.
 
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Vested : imp. & p. p. of Vest; a. Clothed; robed; wearing vestments.; a. Not in a state of contingency or suspension; fixed; as, vested rights; vested interests.
 
Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases With a Copious Index of Principal Words by Thomas Preston, published originally in 1880 in London by Whittaker & Co
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