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What goes around comes around.

Seeing is believing.

Never speak ill of the dead.

All good things come to those that wait.

Nothing new under the sun.

One law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Silence construes consent.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

One man's meat is another man's poison.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The Devil looks after his own.

Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.

The best defence is a good offence.

It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.

Make love not war.

Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

There's no fool like an old fool.

If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.

Oil and water don't mix.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Let bygones be bygones.

Pride comes before a fall.

Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

A good man is hard to find.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Haste makes waste.

Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

There's no smoke without fire.

You are what you eat.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.

The pen is mightier than sword.

There's none so blind as those who will not see.

Less said, soon mended.

An army marches on its stomach.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Learn to walk before you run.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It never rains but it pours.

Home is where the heart is.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Every picture tells a story.

There's more than one way to skin a cat.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A golden key can open any door.

A cat has nine lives.

Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Give the Devil his due.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Forgive and forget.

Talk is cheap.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Give credit where credit is due.

Speak as you find.

If the cap fits, wear it.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

No news is good news.

It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.

Go the extra mile.

Make haste slowly.

Charity begins at home.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.

As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

Put your best foot forward.

The exception which proves the rule.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

Revenge is sweet.

For everything there is a season.

Clothes do not make the man.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Tomorrow is another day.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

Life begins at forty.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

History repeats itself.

Many hands make light work.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Only fools and horses work.

Live and let live.

'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Wonders will never cease.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Nothing succeeds like success.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

One hand washes the other.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Strike while the iron is hot.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.

What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

All that glitters is not gold.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.

What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Practice what you preach.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Patience is a virtue.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time is a great healer.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Knowledge is power.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Fortune favours the brave.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Time will tell.

Pearls of wisdom.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

It goes without saying.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

To every thing there is a season.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A thing begun is half done.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't have your cake and eat it too.

Faith will move mountains.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Count your blessings.

No pain, no gain.

It ain't over, till it's over.

Tomorrow never comes.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

All publicity is good publicity.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Great minds think alike.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Physician, heal thyself.

You can't win them all.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Practice makes perfect.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Misery loves company.

A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The show must go on.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

No rest for the wicked.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no place like home.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Look before you leap.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Blood is thicker than water.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.

Quid pro quo.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Bad money drives out good.

Waste not, want not.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Opposites attract.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.

There's a time and a place for everything.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

It's best to be on the safe side.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's one born every minute.

One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.

Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

There's safety in numbers.

Youth is wasted on the young.

You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Always put your best foot forward.

Big fish eat little fish.

Beware the Ides of March.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.

If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.

Little pitchers have big ears.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Enough is enough.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

There's an exception to every rule.

Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

All things must pass.

Possession is nine points of the law.

The best things in life are free.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Time is money.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Better safe than sorry.

The end justifies the means.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Grief divided is made lighter.

In the midst of life we are in death.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It's the singer not the song.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

Live and learn.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

The customer is always right.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Moderation in all things.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Seize the day.

Good things come to those who wait.

It's all grist to the mill.

Slow and steady wins the race.

March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.

There are two sides to every question.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All the world loves a lover.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Any port in a storm.

A cat may look at a king.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Children and fools tell the truth.

East, west, home's best.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Money makes the world go round.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

The more the merrier.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Third time lucky.

What goes up must come down.

Might is right.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The bigger, the better.

Accidents will happen.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A word to the wise is enough.

Fight fire with fire.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Let well alone.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Another day, another dollar.

All's fair in love and war.

You win some, you lose some.

Horses for courses.

The Devil is in the details.

You reap what you sow.

Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Still waters run deep.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Business before pleasure.

One good deed deserves another.

Different strokes for different folks.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

While there is life, there is hope.

Variety is the spice of life.

Virtue is its own reward.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

A watched pot never boils.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Slow but sure.

You are never too old to learn.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

An man's home is his castle.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A bad penny always turns up.

The truth will out.

The leopard does not change his spots.

You can't always get what you want.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Money talks.

A person is known by the company they keep.

He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.

Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.

There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Honesty is the best policy.

Forewarned is forearmed.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Let the buyer beware.

It's better to give than to receive.

The wages of sin is death.

Stupid is as stupid does.

One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Better late than never.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Money isn't everything.

A man is known by his friends.

No man is an island.

A fish always rots from the head.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Beggars can't be choosers.

One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.

If God had meant us to fly, he'd have given us wings.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

It takes one to know one.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't test the depth of water with both feet.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.

Keep your chin up.

To live by the sword is to die by the sword.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Manners maketh the man.

Good talk saves the food.

The age of miracles is past.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

There is honour among thieves.

Less is more.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Easy come, easy go.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Hope springs eternal.

Once a thief, always a thief.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Life is what you make it.

Hide in plain sight.

All good things must come to an end.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There are none so blind as those, that will not see.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Two heads are better than one.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A house is not a home.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

He who hesitates is lost.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Silence is golden.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.

Persuasion is better than force.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Like father, like son.

Good things come in small packages.

God helps those who help themselves.

The early bird gets the worm.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Only the good die young.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

No man can serve two masters.

Love makes the world go round.

It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.

Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

It takes two to tango.

An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.

If you build it, they will come.

There's no time like the present.

Walls have ears.

You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.

Good fences make good neighbours.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

All roads lead to Rome.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Get out while the getting is good.

Share and share alike.

Never tell tales out of school.

Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time flies.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.

Love will find a way.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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