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1. Call no man _______ till he is dead.
Answer: happy
2. Care killed a _______.
Answer: cat
3. Cast not the _______ stone.
Answer: first
4. Catch not at the _______ and lose the substance.
Answer: shadow
5. Caveat _______.
Answer: emptor
6. Charity covers a multitude of _______.
Answer: sins
7. Circumstances _______ cases.
Answer: alter
8. Coming events cast their _______ before.
Answer: shadows
9. Comparisons are _______.
Answer: odious
10. Conscience does make _______ of us all.
Answer: cowards
11. A contented mind is a perpetual _______.
Answer: feast
12. The course of true _______ never did run smooth.
Answer: love
13. The cowl does not make the _______.
Answer: monk
14. A creaking _______ hangs long.
Answer: gate
15. Curses, like _______, come home to roost.
Answer: chickens
16. Custom makes all things _______.
Answer: easy
17. Custom reconciles us to _______.
Answer: everything
18. The darkest hour is that before the _______.
Answer: dawn
19. Dead men tell no _______.
Answer: tales
20. _______ is the great leveller.
Answer: Death
21. Desires are nourished by _______.
Answer: delays
22. Desperate diseases must have desperate _______.
Answer: remedies
23. The _______ can cite Scripture for his purpose.
Answer: devil
24. The _______ take the hindmost.
Answer: devil
25. Discontent is the first step in _______.
Answer: progress
26. _______ is the better part of valour.
Answer: Discretion
27. Distance lends enchantment to the _______.
Answer: view
28. Do as you would be _______ by.
Answer: done
29. Do not cast your _______ before swine.
Answer: pearls
30. _______ does not eat dog.
Answer: Dog
31. Don't cry stinking _______.
Answer: fish
32. Don't cut off your nose to spite your _______.
Answer: face
33. Do not halloo till you are out of the _______.
Answer: woods
34. Don't have too many irons in the _______.
Answer: fire
35. Don't meet _______ half-way.
Answer: trouble
36. Do not quarrel with your _______ and butter.
Answer: bread
37. Don't ride the _______ horse.
Answer: high
38. Don't _______ to the man at the wheel.
Answer: speak
39. Don't take your _______ to the party.
Answer: harp
40. Don't teach your grandmother to suck _______.
Answer: eggs
41. Do not _______ out your welcome.
Answer: wear
42. Dying is as _______ as living.
Answer: natural
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