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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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TABLE . Who depends upon another man's table often dines late.
TALE-BEARER . Remove the tale-bearer and contention ceaseth.
TALE-BEARERS . Put no faith in tale-bearers.
TALK . Talk of the devil and his imp appears.
TALKERS . The greatest talkers are always the least doers.
TALKING . Talking pays no toll.
TASTE . To him that hath lost his taste, sweet is sour.
TEACHETH . He teacheth ill who teacheth all.
TEARS . Nothing dries up sooner than tears.
TEETH . A man may dig his grave with his teeth.
TEMPERANCE . Temperance is the best physic.
TEMPTER . The tempter is the greater rogue.
THANKS . He loseth his thanks who promiseth and delayeth.
THATCHED . When I have thatched his house he would throw me down.
THIEF . Give a thief rope enough and he'll hang himself.
 
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Camaieu : n. A cameo.; n. Painting in shades of one color; monochrome.
 
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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