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Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Seize the day.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

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

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

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

The best defence is a good offence.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Quid pro quo.

Once a thief, always a thief.

You are never too old to learn.

Better late than never.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Less said, soon mended.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Count your blessings.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Curiosity killed the cat.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

You can't win them all.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

Walls have ears.

Seeing is believing.

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

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Ignorance is bliss.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Blood is thicker than water.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Make love not war.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Home is where the heart is.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

It's the singer not the song.

Haste makes waste.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

There's no place like home.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Big fish eat little fish.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Life begins at forty.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Time is a great healer.

Time flies.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Time will tell.

Clothes do not make the man.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nothing new under the sun.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

A thing begun is half done.

A word to the wise is enough.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

It's never too late to mend.

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

He who hesitates is lost.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

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

Moderation in all things.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

First impressions are the most lasting.

East, west, home's best.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

A man is known by his friends.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

Less is more.

It never rains but it pours.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

There's one born every minute.

Good talk saves the food.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A person is known by the company they keep.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

All's well that ends well.

Silence construes consent.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Fight the good fight.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Every picture tells a story.

Tomorrow never comes.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

The customer is always right.

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Good fences make good neighbours.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

A dog is a man's best friend.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Many hands make light work.

Give the Devil his due.

Misery loves company.

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

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Pride comes before a fall.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Good things come to those who wait.

A bad penny always turns up.

All roads lead to Rome.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

For everything there is a season.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Fight fire with fire.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

No news is good news.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

First things first.

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

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

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

Speak as you find.

It takes one to know one.

A house is not a home.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The Devil is in the details.

There's no smoke without fire.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Money talks.

No rest for the wicked.

The more the merrier.

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

There's safety in numbers.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Only the good die young.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Oil and water don't mix.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Fortune favours the brave.

The best things in life are free.

All good things come to those that wait.

No man can serve two masters.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Love is blind.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Laughter is the best medicine.

One hand washes the other.

If you build it, they will come.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Never tell tales out of school.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Learn to walk before you run.

All things must pass.

Great minds think alike.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

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

Waste not, want not.

The bigger, the better.

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

A good man is hard to find.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

No pain, no gain.

Might is right.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

It takes two to tango.

What goes around comes around.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Forgive and forget.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Paddle your own canoe.

You are what you eat.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

There are two sides to every question.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

More haste, less speed.

To every thing there is a season.

Share and share alike.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Let well alone.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Time is money.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Only fools and horses work.

An man's home is his castle.

The best-laid plans go astray.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Dead men tell no tales.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Make haste slowly.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Accidents will happen.

Look before you leap.

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

First come, first served.

Get out while the getting is good.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Talk is cheap.

Every dog has its day.

Even a worm will turn.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't rock the boat.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Tomorrow is another day.

It goes without saying.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

All's fair in love and war.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The exception which proves the rule.

Keep your chin up.

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

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

What goes up must come down.

Enough is as good as a feast.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Horses for courses.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil looks after his own.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Wonders will never cease.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Each to their own.

Nine tailors make a man.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Seek and you shall find.

Live and let live.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Another day, another dollar.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Go the extra mile.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Two heads are better than one.

To the victor go the spoils.

Hope springs eternal.

Still waters run deep.

There's an exception to every rule.

Out of sight, out of mind.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Revenge is sweet.

Bad news travels fast.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

In the midst of life we are in death.

The show must go on.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Let the dead bury the dead.

You can't take it with you.

A fish always rots from the head.

A cat has nine lives.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Slow but sure.

The age of miracles is past.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Silence is golden.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Third time lucky.

Don't throw good money after bad.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Virtue is its own reward.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

Practice makes perfect.

Every stick has two ends.

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

Manners maketh the man.

The early bird gets the worm.

Better safe than sorry.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All that glitters is not gold.

The end justifies the means.

God helps those who help themselves.

Honesty is the best policy.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Money is the root of all evil.

Life is what you make it.

Small things amuse small minds.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Slow and steady wins the race.

What goes up must come down.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

History repeats itself.

Patience is a virtue.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

It's all grist to the mill.

Live and learn.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

East is east, and west is west.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Different strokes for different folks.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A cat may look at a king.

Easy come, easy go.

There's no time like the present.

No man is an island.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Hide in plain sight.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Knowledge is power.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

All good things must come to an end.

Cheats never prosper.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Money isn't everything.

Make love not war.

Bad money drives out good.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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