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Proverbs starting with G

1: Gardens are not made by sitting in the shade.
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2: Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
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3: Gentility without ability is worse than plain beggary.
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4: Get a name to rise early, and you may lie all day.
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5: Get out while the going is good.
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6: Give a dog a bad name and hang him
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7: Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself.
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8: Give a man enough rope and he’ll hang himself .
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9: Give and take is fair play
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10: Give credit where credit is due
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11: Give the devil his due.
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12: Give them an inch and they’ll take a mile.
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13: Gluttony kills more men than the sword.
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14: Go further and fare worse
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15: Go to bed with the lamb and rise with the lark.
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16: Go to the ends of the earth.
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17: God helps those who help themselves.
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18: God made the country and man made the town
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19: God makes the back to the burden
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20: Gold may be bought too dear
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21: Good clothes open all doors.
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22: Good counsel does no harm.
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23: Good fences make good neighbours
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24: Good health is above wealth.
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25: Good management is better than good income.
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26: Good masters make good servants.
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27: Good name is better than good face.
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28: Good wine needs no bush
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29: Good words and no deeds.
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30: Good words without deeds are rushes and reeds.
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31: Gossiping and lying go hand in hand.
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32: Grasp all, lose all.
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33: Great barkers are no biters.
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34: Great boast, small roast.
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35: Great cry and little wool
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36: Great minds think alike
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37: Great oaks grow from small acorns.
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38: Great spenders are bad lenders
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39: Great talkers are great liars.
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40: Great talkers are little doers.
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41: Greedy folk have long arms
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42: Grief divided is made lighter.
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43: Grin and bear it
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