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Many hands make light work.

One hand washes the other.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

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

You are what you eat.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Revenge is sweet.

Speak as you find.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Silence is golden.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

What goes around comes around.

Might is right.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Each to their own.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

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

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

Love will find a way.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

It never rains but it pours.

Practice what you preach.

To every thing there is a season.

Share and share alike.

Blood is thicker than water.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It's better to give than to receive.

Nothing new under the sun.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

All things must pass.

Charity begins at home.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Money talks.

Appearances can be deceptive.

The leopard does not change his spots.

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

Hope springs eternal.

East, west, home's best.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Stupid is as stupid does.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

Every picture tells a story.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

First come, first served.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Don't get mad, get even.

Bad news travels fast.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

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

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

Virtue is its own reward.

The end justifies the means.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Make hay while the sun shines.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Another day, another dollar.

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

The truth will out.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Less said, soon mended.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Enough is enough.

Fight the good fight.

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

Haste makes waste.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Live and learn.

Faith will move mountains.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Fortune favours the brave.

No rest for the wicked.

Count your blessings.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Even a worm will turn.

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

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

No pain, no gain.

You can't take it with you.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Every dog has its day.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Cheats never prosper.

Dead men tell no tales.

Business before pleasure.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's safety in numbers.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Variety is the spice of life.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Life begins at forty.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

It's the singer not the song.

For everything there is a season.

Oil and water don't mix.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The more the merrier.

Beware the Ides of March.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

God helps those who help themselves.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Go the extra mile.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Less is more.

Every stick has two ends.

Third time lucky.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

An man's home is his castle.

All roads lead to Rome.

Great minds think alike.

Different strokes for different folks.

There is honour among thieves.

All you need is love.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

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

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

Easy come, easy go.

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

It's never too late to mend.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

You can't win them all.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

There's one born every minute.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Live and let live.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

No man is an island.

The wages of sin is death.

Love makes the world go round.

Beggars can't be choosers.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Little pitchers have big ears.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You win some, you lose some.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

There's no place like home.

Make haste slowly.

Practice makes perfect.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Patience is a virtue.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

All the world loves a lover.

The show must go on.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

First things first.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

You can't always get what you want.

Laughter is the best medicine.

A cat has nine lives.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

It takes one to know one.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Walls have ears.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Life is what you make it.

Fight fire with fire.

Let the buyer beware.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Money is the root of all evil.

A thing begun is half done.

Marriages are made in heaven.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Youth is wasted on the young.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A miss is as good as a mile.

All publicity is good publicity.

Opposites attract.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Let well alone.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

All that glitters is not gold.

It's best to be on the safe side.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Seeing is believing.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Good things come in small packages.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A watched pot never boils.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Silence construes consent.

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

Still waters run deep.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Better late than never.

Seek and you shall find.

Love is blind.

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

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Strike while the iron is hot.

The bigger, the better.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

Like father, like son.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

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

What goes up must come down.

Accidents will happen.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

If the cap fits, wear it.

The best things in life are free.

Forewarned is forearmed.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The customer is always right.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Keep your powder dry.

Any port in a storm.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Make love not war.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Forgive and forget.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

You are never too old to learn.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

A person is known by the company they keep.

What can't be cured must be endured.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

If you build it, they will come.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Learn to walk before you run.

Bad money drives out good.

While there is life, there is hope.

All good things must come to an end.

Time will tell.

Good things come to those who wait.

More haste, less speed.

It goes without saying.

The exception which proves the rule.

Let bygones be bygones.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Keep your chin up.

Horses for courses.

There's no smoke without fire.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Knowledge is power.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

The age of miracles is past.

Crime doesn't pay.

Seize the day.

Money isn't everything.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Put your best foot forward.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

All good things come to those that wait.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Actions speak louder than words.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Wonders will never cease.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Big fish eat little fish.

Half a loaf is better than none.

It's all grist to the mill.

Never speak ill of the dead.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Quid pro quo.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

One good deed deserves another.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

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

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

Look before you leap.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Give the Devil his due.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

The Devil is in the details.

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

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

No man can serve two masters.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Misery loves company.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Two heads are better than one.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

A house is not a home.

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

No news is good news.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Honesty is the best policy.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Slow and steady wins the race.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A man is known by his friends.

Only fools and horses work.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

East is east, and west is west.

Time is a great healer.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

You reap what you sow.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The best defence is a good offence.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't shoot the messenger.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Tomorrow never comes.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Better safe than sorry.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

To the victor go the spoils.

Tomorrow is another day.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Manners maketh the man.

Get out while the getting is good.

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

If you can't be good, be careful.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Business before pleasure.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Only the good die young.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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