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1. Nature abhors a _______.
Answer: vacuum
2. The nearer the _______, the farther from God.
Answer: church
3. Necessity knows no _______.
Answer: law
4. Needs must when the _______ drives.
Answer: devil
5. Never ask _______ before you are accused.
Answer: pardon
6. Never make _______ you cannot carry out.
Answer: threats
7. Never tell your _______ that your foot aches.
Answer: enemy
8. Never trouble _______ till trouble troubles you.
Answer: trouble
9. No cross, no _______.
Answer: crown
10. No man is a _______ to his valet.
Answer: hero
11. No man is _______ with his lot.
Answer: content
12. No _______ is indispensable.
Answer: man
13. No _______ is infallible.
Answer: man
14. No _______, no pack drill.
Answer: names
15. A nod is as good as a wink to a _______ horse.
Answer: blind
16. None but the _______ deserves the fair.
Answer: brave
17. None so _______ as those who won't see.
Answer: blind
18. Not good is it to _______ on the frayed string.
Answer: harp
19. Nothing is as _______ as it seems beforehand.
Answer: good
20. Nothing is so _______ as the unexpected.
Answer: certain
21. Nothing so _______ but might have been worse.
Answer: bad
22. Nothing stake, nothing _______.
Answer: draw
23. Nothing _______, nothing have.
Answer: venture
24. Of two _______, choose the lesser.
Answer: evils
25. An old poacher makes the best _______.
Answer: keeper
26. One beats the bush, and another _______ the birds.
Answer: catches
27. One must draw back in order to _______ better.
Answer: leap
28. One must draw the _______ somewhere.
Answer: line
29. One of these days is _______ of these days.
Answer: none
30. One touch of _______ makes the whole world kin.
Answer: nature
31. One _______ is worth two pressed men.
Answer: volunteer
32. Open confession is good for the _______.
Answer: soul
33. Opportunity makes the _______.
Answer: thief
34. Other _______, other manners.
Answer: times
35. An ounce of _______ is worth a pound of wit.
Answer: discretion
36. Out of _______, out of danger.
Answer: debt
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