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1. Necessity is the _______ of invention.
Answer: mother
2. Neither a borrower nor a _______ be.
Answer: lender
3. Never buy a _______ in a poke.
Answer: pig
4. Never do things by _______.
Answer: halves
5. Never _______ by appearances.
Answer: judge
6. Never look a gift _______ in the mouth.
Answer: horse
7. Never make two _______ of a cherry.
Answer: bites
8. Never put off till _______ what may be done today.
Answer: tomorrow
9. Never say _______.
Answer: die
10. Never spend your _______ before you have it.
Answer: money
11. Never spur a _______ horse.
Answer: willing
12. New _______ sweep clean.
Answer: brooms
13. Ninety per cent of inspiration is _______.
Answer: perspiration
14. No _______ is also an answer.
Answer: answer
15. No _______ without pain.
Answer: gain
16. No man can serve _______ masters.
Answer: two
17. No _______ is good news.
Answer: news
18. A _______ is as good as a wink.
Answer: nod
19. None so _______ as those who won't hear.
Answer: deaf
20. Nothing is given so freely as _______.
Answer: advice
21. Nothing _______, nothing find.
Answer: seek
22. Nothing _______ like success.
Answer: succeeds
23. Once _______, twice shy.
Answer: bitten
24. One cannot be in two places at _______.
Answer: once
25. One cannot put _______ the clock.
Answer: back
26. One _______ is better than two crutches.
Answer: foot
27. One good _______ deserves another.
Answer: turn
28. One is never too _______ to learn.
Answer: old
29. One lie makes _______.
Answer: many
30. One man _______ and another reaps.
Answer: sows
31. One man's _______ is another man's poison.
Answer: meat
32. One pair of _______ is often worth two pairs of hands.
Answer: heels
33. One _______ does not make a summer.
Answer: swallow
34. Only the wearer knows where the _______ pinches.
Answer: shoe
35. Opportunity seldom _______ twice.
Answer: knocks
36. Out of _______, out of mind.
Answer: sight
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