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Extremes meet.

Proverbs and old sayings British

A cat has nine lives.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Life is made up of little things.

Proverbs and old sayings British about life, things

Promise little and do much.

Proverbs and old sayings British about promise

All is well that ends well

Proverbs and old sayings British about end

Hope is a good breakfast but a bad supper.

Proverbs and old sayings British about hope, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

A great city, a great solitude.

Proverbs and old sayings British about solitude, city

Guests are thieves of time.

Proverbs and old sayings British about thieves, time

No man is born wise.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

Some are wise and some are otherwise.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Youth and age will never agree.

Proverbs and old sayings British about youth, age, olderness

Accidents will happen (in the best-regulated families).

Proverbs and old sayings British

Don't praise the day before it closes.

Proverbs and old sayings British about praise, day

A man of many trades begs his bread on Sundays.

Proverbs and old sayings British about man

First the man takes a drink.

Proverbs and old sayings British about drinking, man

Marry in haste, and repent at leisure.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Give a man luck and throw him into the sea.

Proverbs and old sayings British about bad luck, good luck, man

Listen at the keyhole and you'll hear news of yourself.

Proverbs and old sayings British

He that talks to himself speaks to a fool.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Think twice before you speak once.

Proverbs and old sayings British