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#40120 08/30/01 05:15 PM
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He who goeth before a fall casts pride before swine.


#40121 08/30/01 05:53 PM
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yes, these definitely work for me!

It gets me wondering if chicken in the open are OK, or is the poor creature made mad by where it lives, or, maybe ducks in the wood may be different, or...? and does a bad friend therefore...!

and as, dear for girl you, thoroughly confused now am I!



#40122 08/30/01 06:22 PM
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A penny saved is a waste of time.


#40123 08/30/01 07:34 PM
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a real one, but not always understood--

You might as well be hung for the sheep, than for the lamb.


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You might as well be hung for the sheep, than for the lamb.

I always took this to mean if you're going to commit an infraction it might as well be a big one. Is this not the case? Is this another "no love lost between them"?


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yes, well, good shepard, its no wonder you understand it. but in our modern urban word, it falls flat on most ears.


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Here's one with a certain piquancy:
No gentleman ever did harm unintentionally.





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Not to change the direction of the thread (Who? *Moi?) but here's one on the oblique :

If I cannot have friends, God grant me honorable enemies.


#40129 08/30/01 08:51 PM
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Well, I hope this doesn't make any sense:

He is the fool who tries to outrun the sound of light.


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