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| A bad bush is better than the open field. | 1 |
| A bad knife cuts one’s fingers instead of the stick. Portuguese. | 2 |
| A bad padlock invites a picklock. | 3 |
| A bad reaper never gets a good sickle. Gaelic. | 4 |
| A bad shift is better than no shift. | 5 |
| A bad thing never dies. | 6 |
| A bad tree does not yield good apples. Danish. | 7 |
| A bad vessel breaks not easily. Hungarian. | 8 |
| A bad vessel is seldom broken. Latin. | 9 |
| All bad alike. Literal, putrid flesh is all of a flavor. Chinese. | 10 |
| Bad is never good until worse happens. Danish. | 11 |
| Bad is the sack that will not bear patching. Italian. | 12 |
| Bad is the wool that cannot be dyed. Italian. | 13 |
| Bad mind bad heart. Terence. | 14 |
| He who has a bad name is half hanged. Italian. | 15 |
| Nothing so bad as not to be good for something. | 16 |
| Nothing so bad but it finds its master. Dutch. | 17 |
| There is no man so bad but has a secret respect for the good. | 18 |
| There is nothing so bad but may be of some use. German. | 19 |
| Those who are once found to be bad are presumed to be so forever. Latin. | 20 |
| What is bad for one is good for another. French. | 21 |
| Where bad’s the best naught must be the choice. | 22 |
| You may keep yourself safe from fire but not from a bad man. Portuguese. | 23 |
| Bad men leave their mark wherever they go. Chinese. | 24 |
| Who is bad to his own is bad to himself. Italian. | 25 |
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