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Another day, another dollar.

While there is life, there is hope.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Less is more.

A thing begun is half done.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Hide in plain sight.

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

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

First come, first served.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

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

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Make hay while the sun shines.

In the midst of life we are in death.

No rest for the wicked.

Slow but sure.

Count your blessings.

Live and learn.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

Knowledge is power.

Good fences make good neighbours.

It goes without saying.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Time is a great healer.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Get out while the getting is good.

Time flies.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Children and fools tell the truth.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Persuasion is better than force.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Small things amuse small minds.

No pain, no gain.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Let bygones be bygones.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Only the good die young.

All things must pass.

Two heads are better than one.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Pride comes before a fall.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

The show must go on.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Variety is the spice of life.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There's one born every minute.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Seek and you shall find.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

One hand washes the other.

Hope springs eternal.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Different strokes for different folks.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The early bird gets the worm.

You can't take it with you.

No news is good news.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Time will tell.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Money talks.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Beware the Ides of March.

Put your best foot forward.

Don't rock the boat.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Blood is thicker than water.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Go the extra mile.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

A new broom sweeps clean.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A man is known by his friends.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Revenge is sweet.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Strike while the iron is hot.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Time and tide wait for no one.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Cheats never prosper.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

An army marches on its stomach.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Big fish eat little fish.

A picture paints a thousand words.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You are what you eat.

Bad news travels fast.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Misery loves company.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Attack is the best form of defence.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

No man is an island.

All good things must come to an end.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Might is right.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Man does not live by bread alone.

What goes around comes around.

Still waters run deep.

Good things come to those who wait.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Charity begins at home.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Money isn't everything.

Silence construes consent.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Share and share alike.

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

All's well that ends well.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Once bitten, twice shy.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

Fight fire with fire.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Better late than never.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Every picture tells a story.

Great minds think alike.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Learn to walk before you run.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

No man can serve two masters.

Good things come in small packages.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Oil and water don't mix.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Every stick has two ends.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Let the buyer beware.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

You can't always get what you want.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It's all grist to the mill.

Walls have ears.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A fish always rots from the head.

If you build it, they will come.

An man's home is his castle.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

The more the merrier.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Any port in a storm.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Everyone has their price.

First things first.

Accidents will happen.

To every thing there is a season.

You reap what you sow.

Look before you leap.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Keep your chin up.

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

East, west, home's best.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Love is blind.

Actions speak louder than words.

Practice makes perfect.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Easy come, easy go.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Ignorance is bliss.

A cat may look at a king.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

The end justifies the means.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Home is where the heart is.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Give the Devil his due.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Make love not war.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

The Devil looks after his own.

Live and let live.

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

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

Like father, like son.

Out of sight, out of mind.

For everything there is a season.

Waste not, want not.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Children should be seen and not heard.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Honesty is the best policy.

Nine tailors make a man.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

History repeats itself.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Forgive and forget.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

What goes up must come down.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Practice what you preach.

Only fools and horses work.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Many hands make light work.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Keep your powder dry.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The best defence is a good offence.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

Money makes the world go round.

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Speak as you find.

There's no place like home.

Wonders will never cease.

A watched pot never boils.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Life begins at forty.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

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

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

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Virtue is its own reward.

Patience is a virtue.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

The bigger, the better.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Physician, heal thyself.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

There's no time like the present.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Every dog has its day.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Never go to bed on an argument.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

All that glitters is not gold.

You win some, you lose some.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Silence is golden.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Less said, soon mended.

Seize the day.

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

The customer is always right.

Third time lucky.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Quid pro quo.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A bad penny always turns up.

Opposites attract.

All you need is love.

Tomorrow never comes.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Never give a sucker an even break.

It takes two to tango.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Love will find a way.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Seeing is believing.

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

Fight the good fight.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

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

A golden key can open any door.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Moderation in all things.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Tomorrow is another day.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

East is east, and west is west.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Each to their own.

Better safe than sorry.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

God helps those who help themselves.

Good talk saves the food.

Let well alone.

Faith will move mountains.

A house is not a home.

You can't win them all.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

You are never too old to learn.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Manners maketh the man.

It takes one to know one.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The truth will out.

It's never too late to mend.

Marriages are made in heaven.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Horses for courses.

Talk is cheap.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

The best things in life are free.

Business before pleasure.

There is honour among thieves.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

There are two sides to every question.

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