fair play's a jewel

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• fair play’s a jewel — 1809 W. IRVING Hist. New York II. VI. vii. The furious Risingh, in despight of that noble maxim..that ‘fair play is a jewel’, hastened to take advantage of the hero’s fall. 1823 J. F. COOPER Pioneers II. v. Well, fair play’s a jewel. But I’ve got …   Proverbs new dictionary

• fair — see fair and softly goes far in a day all’s fair in love and war fair play’s a jewel none but the brave deserve the fair a fair exchange is no robbery faint heart never won fair lady …   Proverbs new dictionary

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• jewel — see fair play’s a jewel …   Proverbs new dictionary

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