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1. Per _______ ad astra.
Answer: ardua
2. The pitcher goes so often to the well that it is _______ at last.
Answer: broken
3. Possession is nine points of the _______.
Answer: law
4. Pouring oil on the fire is not the way to _______ it.
Answer: quench
5. Praise makes good men _______ and bad men worse.
Answer: better
6. Praise without _______ puts little in the pot.
Answer: profit
7. Procrastination is the _______ of time.
Answer: thief
8. Promises are like pie-crust, made to be _______.
Answer: broken
9. The proper study of _______ is man.
Answer: mankind
10. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own _______, and in his own house.
Answer: country
11. Prosperity makes _______, adversity tries them.
Answer: friends
12. Providence is always on the _______ of the big batallions.
Answer: side
13. Punctuality is the politeness of _______.
Answer: kings
14. Queen _______ is dead.
Answer: Anne
15. Rain before seven, _______ before eleven.
Answer: fine
16. The _______ is as bad as the thief.
Answer: receiver
17. The _______ may be worse than the disease.
Answer: remedy
18. Revenge is _______.
Answer: sweet
19. The road to _______ is paved with good intentions.
Answer: hell
20. A _______ by any other name would smell as sweet.
Answer: rose
21. Safety lies in the _______ course.
Answer: middle
22. Second thoughts are _______.
Answer: best
23. Self-praise is no _______.
Answer: recommendation
24. Self-preservation is the first _______ of nature.
Answer: law
25. Set a _______ on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.
Answer: beggar
26. Share and _______ alike.
Answer: share
27. The shortest way round is the _______ way home.
Answer: longest
28. Silence gives _______.
Answer: consent
29. So many countries, so many _______.
Answer: customs
30. Sow the _______ and reap the whirlwind.
Answer: wind
31. Speak fair and _______ what you like.
Answer: think
32. Speak _______ of the dead.
Answer: well
33. The sting of a reproach is the _______ of it.
Answer: truth
34. Stolen pleasures are _______.
Answer: sweetest
35. A _______ will show which way the wind blows.
Answer: straw
36. Stretch your _______ according to your coverlet.
Answer: legs
37. Submitting to one wrong brings on _______.
Answer: another
38. Sufficient unto the _______ is the evil thereof.
Answer: day
39. The _______ is never the worse for shining on a dunghill.
Answer: sun
40. Sweet are the _______ of adversity.
Answer: uses
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