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SIMPLE SENTENCES (a draft) X can(not) be Y ~ without Y A bad husband cannot be a good man (husband 1) Any man can be a sailor on a calm sea (sailor 2) Beggars cant be choosers (beggar 4) One can be a lover without sighing (lover 10) Without truth there can be no virtue (truth 80) Without virtue, happiness cannot be (happiness 51; virtue 40) Without virtue, happiness cannot be (happiness 51; virtue 40) Every X has Y and its modifications There is X for ~ to ~ in every Y / no X without Y There is a medicine for all things except death and taxes (medicine 3) There is a remedy for all things but death (remedy 5) There is a remedy for everything, could men find it (remedy 6) There is a remedy for everything, could we but hit upon it (everything 20; remedy 6) There is a slippery step at every mans door (step (n.) 12) There is a time and place for everything (time 43) There is an exception to every rule (exception) Theres a black sheep in every family (family 5; sheep 12) Theres a Jack for every Jill (Jack 5) Theres a key for every lock (key 6) Theres a lid for every pot (lid) Theres a light in the window for those who look (light (n.) 6) Theres a limit to everything (limit) Theres a salve for every sore (salve) Theres a season for all things (season) Theres a skeleton in every family closet (skeleton 2) Theres a time and place for everything (everything 21) Theres a time for business (time 46) Theres always a bad egg in every crowd (egg 21) Theres everything in a name (everything 22) Theres good and bad in everything (good (adj.) 26) Theres luck in leisure (luck 26) Theres no arrest for the wary (arrest) Theres no help for misfortune but to marry again (help (n.) 9) Theres no hope for the wicked (hope (n.) 39) (Attr] X has Y ~ All X’s have Y’s ~ Every ~ Each X has ~ may have his ~ its (own) Y etc. A bad man may have a good grievance (grievance 1) A cat has nine lives (cat 2) A common jester may have wit but not wisdom (jester 1) A crooked stick will have a