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This puzzle is part of the "Crossing Fun Trivia Games" challenge. Like the FT game "Fill Me In", you will be asked to fill in the blanks. The clues are a combination of idioms, aphorisms, proverbs, and pithy quotes. Enjoy!
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      4. "It's not bragging if you can back it up." -Muhammad ___ (last name)
      8. "Always ask yourself: 'What will ___ if I say nothing?'" -K. Kojouri
      9. "The only people we can think of as ___ are those we don't yet know very well." -A. de Botton
      10. "___ to live, don't live to ___." -J. LaLanne fitness guru
      11. A talented person who is up-and-coming can be called a ___
      12. "Everyday ___ ___ a bit more of herself, every day another nail in her coffin..." -S. Viola (3, 5)
      14. "...earth to earth, ___ to ___, dust to dust..." -Book of Common Prayer (plural)
      16. "___ is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness." -O. Wilde
      21. Measure twice, cut ___. -Russian proverb
      23. "Jack Sprat could ___ ___ fat. His wife could ___ ___ lean." -Mother Goose (3, 2)
      24. "___ your friends close and your enemies closer." -Sun Tzu
      25. "He who fights and runs ___, ___ to fight another day." -O. Goldsmith (4, 5)
      27. "This is the strangest life I have ever ___." -J. Morrison
      30. "An ___ with a powerful person is never safe." -Phaedrus
      34. "The rich ___ in time, the poor ___ in money." -W. Buffet
      36. "Before you embark on a journey of revenge, ___ two graves." -Confucius
      37. "Modest doubt is called the ___ of the wise." -W. Shakespeare
      38. "Life is too short to ___ any hostilities towards anybody." - P. Bryson
      39. "You Can't Always ___ What You Want." -M. Jagger

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      1. "One hand ___ the other." -Seneca
      2. "Minds like parachutes only function when ___." -T. Dewar
      3. "Man is his own worst ___." -Cicero
      4. "Great ___ are made up of small deeds." -Lao Tzu (plural)
      5. "Necessity is the mother of ___." -Unknown
      6. "The Kingston ___" was a folk band of the 50s and 60s with the hit song "Tom Dooly"
      7. "Better ___ than never." -G. Chaucer
      13. "When I ___ a downhill race, I feel more like an astronaut than an athlete." -B. Miller
      14. "Much ___ About Nothing" -W. Shakespeare
      15. "For ___ complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -H. Mencken
      17. "Time is the ___, memory the only pilot." -D. Walcott (British spelling)
      18. "Be yourself, everyone else is already ___." -O. Wilde
      19. "All for ___ and ___ for all, united we stand divided we fall." -A. Dumas
      20. "To conquer fear is the ___ of wisdom." -B. Russell
      22. "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything ___." -A. Einstein
      26. "Love ___, trust few, do wrong to none." -W. Shakespeare
      28. "Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of ___." - G. Iles
      29. "Fall down seven times, stand up ___." -Japanese proverb
      31. "People choose to believe beautiful ___ over bitter truth." -G. Soni (plural)
      32. "Give him an ___and he'll take a mile." J. Heywood
      33. "Your life is your story. Write well. ___ often." -M. Weinstein
      35. "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a ___ persistent one." -A. Einstein