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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
37. Nature abhors a _______.
Answer: vacuum
38. The nearer the _______, the farther from God.
Answer: church
39. Necessity knows no _______.
Answer: law
40. Needs must when the _______ drives.
Answer: devil
41. Never ask _______ before you are accused.
Answer: pardon
42. Never make _______ you cannot carry out.
Answer: threats
43. Never tell your _______ that your foot aches.
Answer: enemy
44. Never trouble _______ till trouble troubles you.
Answer: trouble
45. No cross, no _______.
Answer: crown
46. No man is a _______ to his valet.
Answer: hero
47. No man is _______ with his lot.
Answer: content
48. No _______ is indispensable.
Answer: man
49. No _______ is infallible.
Answer: man
50. No _______, no pack drill.
Answer: names
51. A nod is as good as a wink to a _______ horse.
Answer: blind
52. None but the _______ deserves the fair.
Answer: brave
53. None so _______ as those who won't see.
Answer: blind
54. Not good is it to _______ on the frayed string.
Answer: harp
55. Nothing is as _______ as it seems beforehand.
Answer: good
56. Nothing is so _______ as the unexpected.
Answer: certain
57. Nothing so _______ but might have been worse.
Answer: bad
58. Nothing stake, nothing _______.
Answer: draw
59. Nothing _______, nothing have.
Answer: venture
60. Of two _______, choose the lesser.
Answer: evils
61. An old poacher makes the best _______.
Answer: keeper
62. One beats the bush, and another _______ the birds.
Answer: catches
63. One must draw back in order to _______ better.
Answer: leap
64. One must draw the _______ somewhere.
Answer: line
65. One of these days is _______ of these days.
Answer: none
66. One touch of _______ makes the whole world kin.
Answer: nature
67. One _______ is worth two pressed men.
Answer: volunteer
68. Open confession is good for the _______.
Answer: soul
69. Opportunity makes the _______.
Answer: thief
70. Other _______, other manners.
Answer: times
71. An ounce of _______ is worth a pound of wit.
Answer: discretion
72. Out of _______, out of danger.
Answer: debt
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