The cowl does not make the monk


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The habit does not make the monk. [Lat., Cucullus (or Cuculla) non facit monachum.]
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The proverb is something musty.
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It's not the same to talk of bulls as to be in the bullring. -Spanish proverb.
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At Length the Fox turnes Monk.
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The solitary monk who shook the world.
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The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.
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A proverb is the child of experience.
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Nothing is worth making that does not make the man.
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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything
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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
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The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
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Titles does not make a man. But the grace of thanks.
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The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb.
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. -Anonymous (Greek Proverb).
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A good rest is half the work. -Yugoslav Proverb.
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One beggar at the door is enough. French Proverb
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Fage does not make great yogurt.
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One swallow does not make spring.
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Automation does not make optimism obsolete.
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