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  2. List of proverbial phrases - Wikipedia

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    Too much of a good thing; Truth is stranger than fiction; Truth is more valuable if it takes you a few years to find it – often attributed to French author Jules Renard (1864–1910) (Like) Trying to grow a goose (The) truth will out; Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows fall behind you; Two birds with one stone; Two can play at that ...

  3. Wilkins Micawber - Wikipedia

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    The character of Wilkins Micawber has given rise to the English noun "Micawber" and the adjectives "Micawberish" and "Micawberesque." The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a Micawber as "one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune."

  4. One Good Turn - Wikipedia

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    One Good Turn may refer to: One Good Turn, published in 2000 by Witold Rybczynski; One Good Turn, a 2006 novel by Kate Atkinson; One Good ...

  5. No good deed goes unpunished - Wikipedia

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    The modern expression "No good deed goes unpunished" is an ironic twist on this conventional morality. [1]The ironic usage of the phrase appears to be [weasel words] a 20th-century invention, found for example in Brendan Gill's 1950 novel The Trouble of One House. [3]

  6. The World Turned Upside Down - Wikipedia

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    The Angels did good tidings bring, the Sheepheards did rejoyce and sing. Let all honest men, take example by them. Why should we from good Laws be bound? Yet let's be content, and the times lament, you see the world turn'd upside down. Command is given, we must obey, and quite forget old Christmas day:

  7. I've Seen All Good People - Wikipedia

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    The second part, "All Good People", consists of many repetitions of the sentence "I've seen all good people turn their heads each day so satisfied I'm on my way" sung to the same melody as before, but over a driving rock accompaniment, ending in a powerful vocal harmony and organ phrase which begins on a chord progression of E, D, C, G, then A ...

  8. Brownies (Scouting) - Wikipedia

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    A Brownie Guide thinks of others before herself and should do a good turn everyday. The Brownie Promise 1990: I promise to do my best, to do my duty to God, to serve my Queen & my country, to help other people and to do a good deed every day. Motto 1990: Be prepared. The Brownie Guide Motto, prior to 1996, was: Lend a hand

  9. Good Times Ahead - Wikipedia

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    Turn It Up (featuring Wolfpack) (with Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike) The Crowd; Boy Oh Boy (with Diplo) Bola; 2014. Hard House (with Juyen Sebulba) 2015. Intoxicated (with Martin Solveig) Mic Check (with TJR) Prison Riot (with Flosstradamus and Lil Jon) The Chase (featuring Aruna) (with Laidback Luke) Red Lips (featuring Sam Bruno) Saria's Turn Up ...