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Cold hands, warm heart.
First things first.
Fortune favours the brave.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Tomorrow is another day.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Physician, heal thyself.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Any port in a storm.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Money is the root of all evil.
Talk is cheap.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
It's the singer not the song.
All publicity is good publicity.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Speak as you find.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
East is east, and west is west.
Don't change horses in midstream.
Hope springs eternal.
Wonders will never cease.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Curiosity killed the cat.
A thing begun is half done.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
A golden key can open any door.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Time is money.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
While there is life, there is hope.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Great minds think alike.
Clothes do not make the man.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
Slow but sure.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Big fish eat little fish.
Better safe than sorry.
In the midst of life we are in death.
There's one born every minute.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
A watched pot never boils.
There's no place like home.
You can't always get what you want.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
First impressions are the most lasting.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
A miss is as good as a mile.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
Never tell tales out of school.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Practice makes perfect.
Dead men tell no tales.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Horses for courses.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
You are never too old to learn.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
Good things come to those who wait.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Honesty is the best policy.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
East, west, home's best.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
There are two sides to every question.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Small things amuse small minds.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
If the cap fits, wear it.
A cat may look at a king.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
It's never too late to mend.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
It takes two to tango.
You can't take it with you.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Virtue is its own reward.
An man's home is his castle.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Christmas comes but once a year.
You can't win them all.
All good things come to those that wait.
Tomorrow never comes.
There's a time and a place for everything.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Manners maketh the man.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Appearances can be deceptive.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
Knowledge is power.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Keep your chin up.
Give credit where credit is due.
Pearls of wisdom.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Get out while the getting is good.
Waste not, want not.
It ain't over, till it's over.
A good man is hard to find.
Quid pro quo.
Live and learn.
Paddle your own canoe.
All's fair in love and war.
Only the good die young.
He who hesitates is lost.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Pride comes before a fall.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
No pain, no gain.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Ignorance is bliss.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
For everything there is a season.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
Even a worm will turn.
Patience is a virtue.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
A bad penny always turns up.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
There's no fool like an old fool.
You win some, you lose some.
Bad money drives out good.
Time is a great healer.
The more the merrier.
Make love not war.
Might is right.
Live and let live.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Go the extra mile.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
A cat has nine lives.
Don't get mad, get even.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
There's safety in numbers.
Less is more.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
A rising tide lifts all boats.
An army marches on its stomach.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Everyone has their price.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Variety is the spice of life.
The early bird gets the worm.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
A leopard can't change its spots.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
The exception which proves the rule.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
If anything can go wrong, it will.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Persuasion is better than force.
Another day, another dollar.
Money makes the world go round.
Enough is enough.
No rest for the wicked.
Birds of a feather flock together.
All good things must come to an end.
Actions speak louder than words.
More haste, less speed.
It's better to give than to receive.
A house is not a home.
Nothing new under the sun.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
A fish always rots from the head.
Cheats never prosper.
To the victor go the spoils.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Oil and water don't mix.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
Fight the good fight.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
A little of what you fancy does you good.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
A dog is a man's best friend.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
The customer is always right.
Accidents will happen.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
Money isn't everything.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Opposites attract.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Silence construes consent.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
The Devil looks after his own.
Truth will out.
Keep your powder dry.
There's an exception to every rule.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
All you need is love.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Seize the day.
All that glitters is not gold.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Seeing is believing.
Revenge is sweet.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Children should be seen and not heard.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
No news is good news.
No man is an island.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Each to their own.
Fight fire with fire.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Many hands make light work.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
There is honour among thieves.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Faith will move mountains.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
Misery loves company.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Stupid is as stupid does.
All the world loves a lover.
Grief divided is made lighter.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Less said, soon mended.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
Laughter is the best medicine.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Third time lucky.
Let the buyer beware.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Love will find a way.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Home is where the heart is.
Practice what you preach.
One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
The age of miracles is past.
The show must go on.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Business before pleasure.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
A man is known by his friends.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
It takes one to know one.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Share and share alike.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
Forgive and forget.
Seek and you shall find.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Always put your best foot forward.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Man does not live by bread alone.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
Let bygones be bygones.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Haste makes waste.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
All things must pass.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Beware the Ides of March.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Learn to walk before you run.
Easy come, easy go.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Better late than never.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
One swallow does not a summer make.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
Put your best foot forward.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
Hide in plain sight.
There's no time like the present.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
The truth will out.
If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Good talk saves the food.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
The best is the enemy of the good.
What goes around comes around.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
It's all grist to the mill.
Make haste slowly.
Flattery will get you nowhere.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
To every thing there is a season.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Only fools and horses work.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Crime doesn't pay.
Money talks.
One hand washes the other.
There's no smoke without fire.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
It never rains but it pours.
Every dog has its day.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
The end justifies the means.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
You reap what you sow.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Life is what you make it.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
The best things in life are free.
All's well that ends well.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
God helps those who help themselves.
Walls have ears.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Blood is thicker than water.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Life begins at forty.
Time will tell.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Even a worm will turn.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
The bigger, the better.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
Every stick has two ends.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Never speak ill of the dead.
You are what you eat.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Look before you leap.
Love is blind.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Count your blessings.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
If you build it, they will come.
Two heads are better than one.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
All roads lead to Rome.
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