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Dictionary of English Proverbs

 

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OCCASION . An occasion lost cannot be redeemed.
OCTOBER . 1168. OFFER. Never refuse a good offer.
OFFENDER . The offender never pardons.
OFTEN . Little and often fills the purse.
OLD . Old young, old long.
OLD AGE . When old age is evil, youth can learn no good.
OLD CAT . An old cat laps as much as a young kitten.
OLD COCK . As the old cock crows so crows the young.
OLD DOG . An old dog barks not in vain.
OLD DOG . An old dog will learn no tricks.
OLD FOOLS . Old fools are the worst of fools.
OLD FOXES . Old foxes need no tutors.
OLD FRIENDS . Old friends to meet, old wine to drink, and old wood to burn.
OLD FRIENDS . Old friends and old wine are best.
OLD MEN . Old men are twice children.
 
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Tetrapetalous : a. Containing four distinct petals, or flower leaves; as, a tetrapetalous corolla.

 
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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