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Money makes the world go round.

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.

Don't get mad, get even.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Silence construes consent.

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

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Bad money drives out good.

The early bird gets the worm.

Wonders will never cease.

Opposites attract.

The best things in life are free.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

A cat has nine lives.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Nine tailors make a man.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

It's the singer not the song.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Truth will out.

Waste not, want not.

Keep your powder dry.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Each to their own.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes two to tango.

All things must pass.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Enough is enough.

The pen is mightier than sword.

It goes without saying.

The customer is always right.

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

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Better safe than sorry.

Share and share alike.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

You win some, you lose some.

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

A watched pot never boils.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Let bygones be bygones.

If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.

A golden key can open any door.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Hide in plain sight.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Seize the day.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Moderation in all things.

No man is an island.

There's no time like the present.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Strike while the iron is hot.

A thing begun is half done.

Like father, like son.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Beware the Ides of March.

To the victor go the spoils.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

The wages of sin is death.

A fish always rots from the head.

Only the good die young.

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

There's no place like home.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

East is east, and west is west.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Quid pro quo.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Love will find a way.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

A person is known by the company they keep.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

Different strokes for different folks.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Charity begins at home.

A man is known by his friends.

All you need is love.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Haste makes waste.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

Time will tell.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's better to give than to receive.

Life is what you make it.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

The truth will out.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Crime doesn't pay.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Cheats never prosper.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Even a worm will turn.

Go the extra mile.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Faith will move mountains.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Talk is cheap.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

You are what you eat.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Practice makes perfect.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Might is right.

History repeats itself.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Paddle your own canoe.

Only fools and horses work.

Bad news travels fast.

Less is more.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Every stick has two ends.

Forgive and forget.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Misery loves company.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

Great minds think alike.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Everyone has their price.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

There's no fool like an old fool.

No news is good news.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

For everything there is a season.

All good things must come to an end.

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

There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Third time lucky.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Don't rock the boat.

It takes one to know one.

If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Count your blessings.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

There's no smoke without fire.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Time is money.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.

Easy come, easy go.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Silence is golden.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Once a thief, always a thief.

What goes around comes around.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't take it with you.

Any port in a storm.

A miss is as good as a mile.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

To every thing there is a season.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

There are two sides to every question.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Slow but sure.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

An man's home is his castle.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

One good deed deserves another.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The Devil looks after his own.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Seek and you shall find.

There is honour among thieves.

Love makes the world go round.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

While there is life, there is hope.

It's the empty can that makes the most noise.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All's well that ends well.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Still waters run deep.

No man can serve two masters.

A good man is hard to find.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

One person's trash is another person's treasure.

Get out while the getting is good.

You can't always get what you want.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The more the merrier.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Learn to walk before you run.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

No pain, no gain.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Two heads are better than one.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Look before you leap.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fight the good fight.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A bad penny always turns up.

Home is where the heart is.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Virtue is its own reward.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Enough is as good as a feast.

He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.

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

You are never too old to learn.

Money isn't everything.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Cold hands, warm heart.

A house is not a home.

The exception which proves the rule.

Walls have ears.

Small things amuse small minds.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Speak as you find.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All the world loves a lover.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

If you can't be good, be careful.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Life begins at forty.

Better late than never.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.

Business before pleasure.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A stitch in time saves nine.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Children and fools tell the truth.

The Devil is in the details.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Fortune favours the brave.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Money talks.

Good things come to those who wait.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Good talk saves the food.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Every dog has its day.

What can't be cured must be endured.

First come, first served.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Love is blind.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

You reap what you sow.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

What goes up must come down.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Grief divided is made lighter.

All publicity is good publicity.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Another day, another dollar.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Keep your chin up.

Let well alone.

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

Live and learn.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Horses for courses.

All roads lead to Rome.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Pearls of wisdom.

Slow and steady wins the race.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Fight fire with fire.

It's never too late to mend.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Good things come in small packages.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

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

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

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

First things first.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Give the Devil his due.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

One hand washes the other.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

There's safety in numbers.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Practice what you preach.

Make love not war.

The bigger, the better.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Always put your best foot forward.

Accidents will happen.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Make haste slowly.

Money is the root of all evil.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Even a worm will turn.

Put your best foot forward.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Hope springs eternal.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Revenge is sweet.

He who hesitates is lost.

If you build it, they will come.

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

It's better to wear out, than to rust.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Many hands make light work.

More haste, less speed.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

While the cat's away, the mice will play.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let the buyer beware.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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