Dueling Proverbs #1
by Rod L. Evans and Irwin M. Berent   in Reader's Digest

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Many of us have proverbs by which we live our life.   However, if we aren't careful, we can find proverbs which cancel each other out.   For instance, while it is often true that "Too many cooks spoil the broth," it is also true that "Two heads are better than one."

See if you can fill in the missing letters for each pair of the dueling proverbs below:

1.     H _     w _ _     h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
       i _     l _ _ _ .
       but
       L _ _ _     b _ _ _ _ _     y _ _
       l _ _ _ .
      
2.     B _ _ _ _     o _     a
       f _ _ _ _ _ _     f _ _ _ _
       t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
       but
       O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     a _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      
3.     Y _ _'_ _     n _ _ _ _     t _ _
       o _ _     t _     l _ _ _ _ .
       but
       Y _ _     c _ _'_     t _ _ _ _     a _     o _ _     d _ _     n _ _
       t _ _ _ _ _ .
      
4.     A _ _     n _     q _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
       a _ _     h _ _ _     n _     l _ _ _ .
       but
       A _ _     a _ _     y _ _
       s _ _ _ _     r _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      
5.     V _ _ _ _ _ _     i _     t _ _
       s _ _ _ _     o _     l _ _ _ .
       but
       D _ _'_     c _ _ _ _ _
       h _ _ _ _ _     i _
       m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      
6.     D _ _ _ _     i _     t _ _
       b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ,     n _ _
       t _ _     e _ _ ,     o _
       w _ _ _ _ _ .
       but
       F _ _ _ _     w _ _ _     m _ _ _
       m _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      
7.     T _ _     p _ _     i _
       m _ _ _ _ _ _ _     t _ _ _     t _ _     s _ _ _ _ .
       but
       A _ _ _ _ _ _     s _ _ _ _
       l _ _ _ _ _     t _ _ _     w _ _ _ _ .
      
8.     D _ _'_     c _ _ _ _     t _ _
       b _ _ _ _ _     't _ _ _     y _ _
       c _ _ _     t _     i _ .
       but
       F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _     i _
       f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
      
9.     S _ _ _ _ _ _     i _     g _ _ _ _ _.
       but
       T _ _     s _ _ _ _ _ _     w _ _ _ _
       g _ _ _     t _ _     g _ _ _ _ _ .
      
10.     C _ _ _ _ _ _     m _ _ _     t _ _
        m _ _ .
        but
        N _ _ _ _     j _ _ _ _     a
        b _ _ _     b _     i _ _     c _ _ _ _
       

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