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There are plenty more fish in the sea.

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

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

What goes around comes around.

No news is good news.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Every stick has two ends.

Beware the Ides of March.

Virtue is its own reward.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Speak as you find.

What goes up must come down.

Actions speak louder than words.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

History repeats itself.

An man's home is his castle.

Good talk saves the food.

First things first.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Laughter is the best medicine.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Two heads are better than one.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

There are two sides to every question.

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Everyone has their price.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Time flies.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

You are what you eat.

There is honour among thieves.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Variety is the spice of life.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Fight fire with fire.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

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

You can't take it with you.

The exception which proves the rule.

All good things must come to an end.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Keep your chin up.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Small things amuse small minds.

Better safe than sorry.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

There's no time like the present.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Third time lucky.

There's an exception to every rule.

Good things come in small packages.

Don't get mad, get even.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Pearls of wisdom.

If you build it, they will come.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

All's well that ends well.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Tomorrow never comes.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

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

Give credit where credit is due.

Revenge is sweet.

Quid pro quo.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

The show must go on.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There's one born every minute.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Oil and water don't mix.

Nothing new under the sun.

Fight the good fight.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Tomorrow is another day.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All you need is love.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Bad money drives out good.

A golden key can open any door.

Horses for courses.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Moderation in all things.

A man is known by his friends.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Haste makes waste.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Share and share alike.

The Devil is in the details.

Love makes the world go round.

Forgive and forget.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Crime doesn't pay.

Look before you leap.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Waste not, want not.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Seeing is believing.

All that glitters is not gold.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No pain, no gain.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

Talk is cheap.

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

No rest for the wicked.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Like father, like son.

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

Hide in plain sight.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Slow but sure.

Love will find a way.

Truth will out.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Patience is a virtue.

It's never too late to mend.

Good things come to those who wait.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

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

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A thing begun is half done.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Live and learn.

It takes two to tango.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Opposites attract.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Money talks.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

Only fools and horses work.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

All roads lead to Rome.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Once a thief, always a thief.

He who hesitates is lost.

There's safety in numbers.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Faith will move mountains.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Walls have ears.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

When one door shuts, another opens.

East, west, home's best.

Persuasion is better than force.

Only the good die young.

Man does not live by bread alone.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Accidents will happen.

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

Misery loves company.

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

You win some, you lose some.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

To every thing there is a season.

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

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

No man can serve two masters.

Less said, soon mended.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

The customer is always right.

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

Each to their own.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

What can't be cured must be endured.

It goes without saying.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

All things must pass.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Different strokes for different folks.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Make haste slowly.

One good deed deserves another.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A bad penny always turns up.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Live and let live.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love is blind.

The end justifies the means.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Might is right.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Let the buyer beware.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A picture paints a thousand words.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Less is more.

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

Silence is golden.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

A poor worker blames the tools.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Stupid is as stupid does.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Hope springs eternal.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Life begins at forty.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Every dog has its day.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

One hand washes the other.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Even a worm will turn.

Paddle your own canoe.

Handsome is as handsome does.

East is east, and west is west.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

You can't always get what you want.

The wages of sin is death.

No man is an island.

You are never too old to learn.

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

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Bad news travels fast.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's better to give than to receive.

A cat may look at a king.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The Devil looks after his own.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Nine tailors make a man.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Knowledge is power.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Any port in a storm.

Let the dead bury the dead.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

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

The best things in life are free.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Time is money.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

Great minds think alike.

Learn to walk before you run.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

Money isn't everything.

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

You can't win them all.

Charity begins at home.

Make love not war.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Blood is thicker than water.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Time will tell.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Still waters run deep.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Ignorance is bliss.

All the world loves a lover.

The more the merrier.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

It takes one to know one.

You reap what you sow.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Cheats never prosper.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Home is where the heart is.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Practice what you preach.

It's all grist to the mill.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Seize the day.

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

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

There's no place like home.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Curiosity killed the cat.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

A word to the wise is enough.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

To the victor go the spoils.

All publicity is good publicity.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The best defence is a good offence.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

The truth will out.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Money is the root of all evil.

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

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

Let well alone.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Many hands make light work.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A good man is hard to find.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

A house is not a home.

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

Enough is enough.

First come, first served.

Never go to bed on an argument.

The bigger, the better.

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It's the singer not the song.

Give the Devil his due.

All good things come to those that wait.

More haste, less speed.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

A cat has nine lives.

Business before pleasure.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

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

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