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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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QUENCH . To cast oil in the fire is not the way to quench it.
QUICK . Quick at meat, quick at work.
QUIET LIFE . Anything for a quiet life.
QUIETNESS . Next to love, quietness.
QUOTE . The devil can quote Scripture to suit his purpose. 1328. RAGGED COLT. A ragged colt may make a good horse.
 
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Scruou-lize : v. t. To perplex with scruples; to regard with scruples.

 
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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