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Old 09-11-2006, 02:56 AM   #281
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omnia sunt.

Make hay...
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Old 09-11-2006, 04:37 AM   #282
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Make hay...

...for horses, grass is cheaper.

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...sups with infamy.


Tace is...
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Tace is...

...a variant spelling for "tasset", a type of armor for the thighs and hip consisting of one or more pendant lames or pieces, sometimes articulated using sliding rivets and usually of steel. That is not a proverb, but it is true nevertheless.

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...Experience keeps a dear school, but...
... Absence makes the heart grow fonder.





For want of a nail...
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For want of a nail...
...you'd best get hammered.


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Tiny things...
...come in small packages.

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Let he who is without sin...
...corrupt absolutely.

True love is like ghosts, which...
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...will scare you to death in the middle of the night..?


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...have their day.


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Flee a burning house.


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...at girls who wear glasses.



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... of mice and men.



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