Custom is the plague of wise men and the idol of fools
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- In the country of the blind one-eyed man is a king
- Hope is the poor man's bread
- Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
- Let every man praise the bridge he goes over
- A fool may throw a stone into a well which a hundred wise men cannot pull out
- Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
- He is a fool that forgets himself
- Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion
- To be head over ears in debt
- He that has no head needs no hat
- One man's meat is another man's poison
- To be wise behind the hand
- Judge not of men and things at first sight
- Blind men can judge no colours
- An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning