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Proverbs starting with O

1: Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm.
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2: Of two evils choose the least.
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3: Offendres never pardon
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4: Oil and water do not mix
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5: Old birds are not caught with chaff.
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6: Old friends and old wine are best.
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7: Old habits die hard
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8: Once a priest, always a priest.
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9: Once bitten, twice shy.
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10: One beats the bush, and another catches the bird.
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11: One chick keeps a hen busy,
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12: One day honey, one day onion
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13: One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
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14: One fire drives out another.
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15: One funeral makes many
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16: One good turn deserves another.
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17: One hand washes the other, (and both wash the face).
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18: One law for the rich, and another for the poor.
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19: One lie makes many.
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20: One link broken, the whole chain is broken.
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21: One man, no man.
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22: One man's loss is another man's gain.
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23: One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
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24: One nail drives out another
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25: One of these days is none of these days.
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26: One scabby sheep will mar a whole flock.
meaning:

27: One size does not fit all
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28: One swallow does not make a summer.
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29: One today is worth two tomorrows.
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30: One wedding brings another
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31: One year's seeding makes seven year's weeding.
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32: One's bark is worse than his bite
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33: Only real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
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34: Opportunities look for you, when you are worth finding.
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35: Opportunity makes the thief.
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36: Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
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37: Other times, other manners
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38: Out of debt, out of danger
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39: Out of sight, out of mind.
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40: Out of the frying-pan into the fire.
said:

41: Out of the mouths of babes
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