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English Proverbs
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Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Manage to produce something good using poor material.
Man is the head of the family and woman is the neck that turns the head.
Man proposes, God disposes.
Our destiny depends on God's will.
(A) man can die but once.
(A) man is as old as he feels himself to be.
Your age doesn't matter as long as you are fit and healthy.
(A) man is known by the company he keeps.
A person's character is judged by the type of people with whom they spend
their time.
Manners make the man.
Possibly: a person's manners show their origins.
Many hands make light work.
Sharing work makes work easier.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
If you get married too quickly, you may spend all your life regretting it.
Memory is the treasure of the mind.
Men make houses, women make homes.
Might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb.
If the penalty is going to be the same, you might as well commit the greater
offence.
Money begets money.
If you have money you can make more money.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
You shouldn't waste money because it is not plentiful.
Money is the root of all evil.
Money is the main cause of wrongdoing and problems.
(A) monkey in silk is a monkey no less.
No matter how someone dresses, it's the same person underneath.
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