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540. FALLING. Keeping from falling is better than helping up.
541. FALSE REPORT. A false report rides post.
542. FAMILIARITY. Familiarity breeds contempt.
543. FAMINE.
After a famine in the stall, Comes a famine in the hall.
544. FAMINE. Under water famine, under snow bread.
545. FAMINE. A famine in England begins at the horse-manger.
546. FANCY. Fancy pa.s.ses beauty.
547. FANCY. Fancy goes a long way.
548. FANCY. Fancy may bolt bran and think it flour.
549. FARE WORSE. You may go farther and fare worse.
550. FASHION. As good to be out of the world as out of the fashion.
551. FAST BIND. Fast bind, fast find.
552. FAT HOG. Every one basteth the fat hog, while the lean one burneth.
553. FAULT. Every one puts his fault on the times.
554. FAULT. A fault once denied is twice committed.
555. FAULT-FINDERS. Fault-finders should be fault-menders.
556. FAULTS. Every one's faults are not written on their foreheads.
557. FAULTS. Every man hath his faults.
558. FAULTS. G.o.d send me a friend that may tell me my faults; if not, an enemy, he will be sure to.
559. FAULTY. The faulty stands on his guard.
560. FEAST. A feast is not made of mushrooms only.
561. FEAST-MAKING. Merry is the feast-making until we come to the reckoning.
562. FEASTS. Fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.
563. FEATHERS. Fine feathers make fine birds.
564. FEATHER. Feather by feather the goose is plucked.
565. FEBRUARY. February makes a bridge, and March breaks it.
566. FEBRUARY.
February fill dike, be it black or be it white; But if it be white, it's the better to like.
567. FEED SPARINGLY. Feed sparingly, and defy the physician.
568. FEET.
Stretch not your feet Beyond the sheet.
569. FELLOWSHIP. Love and lordship like no fellowship.
570. FETTERS. No man loves his fetters, though of gold.
571. FEW FRIENDS. Have but few friends, though many acquaintances.
572. FEW WORDS.
Where hearts are true Few words will do.
573. FIDDLER. The fifer don't pay a fiddler.
574. FIDDLER.
Let not the fiddler play the fife, Nor fifer play the fiddle.
575. FIDDLER'S FARE. Fiddler's fare; meat, drink, and money.
576. FIELDS. Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.
577. FINGER. He wants to have a finger in every pie.
578. FIRST BLOW. The first blow is half the battle.
579. FIRST COME. First come, first served.
580. FIRE AND WATER. Fire and water are good servants but bad masters.
581. FIRE. Well may he smell of fire whose gown burneth.
582. FISH. He that would catch fish must not mind getting wet.
583. FISH. 'Tis good fish if it were but caught.
584. FISH. The best fish are near the bottom.
