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Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
No man is an island.
Forgive and forget.
It never rains but it pours.
The best is the enemy of the good.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Hope springs eternal.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Tomorrow never comes.
Let the buyer beware.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
When one door shuts, another opens.
The Devil is in the details.
No man can serve two masters.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Easy come, easy go.
You are never too old to learn.
Patience is a virtue.
There is no accounting for tastes.
Money is the root of all evil.
The longest journey starts with a single step.
There is honour among thieves.
More haste, less speed.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Don't get mad, get even.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Don't upset the apple-cart.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
Love will find a way.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
No news is good news.
The truth will out.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
You can have too much of a good thing.
The age of miracles is past.
Don't put the cart before the horse.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
All's fair in love and war.
Know which side your bread is buttered.
Fight fire with fire.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
What goes around comes around.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
A cat may look at a king.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
The bigger, the better.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
Big fleas have little fleas upon their back to bite 'em.
Another day, another dollar.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Speak softly and carry a big stick.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Adversity makes strange bedfellows.
To every thing there is a season.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
It takes two to make a quarrel.
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts.
It's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Christmas comes but once a year.
The leopard does not change his spots.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Manners maketh the man.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
For everything there is a season.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Revenge is sweet.
Only the good die young.
Children should be seen and not heard.
One good deed deserves another.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
An man's home is his castle.
Might is right.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Life is what you make it.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Accidents will happen.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
A thing begun is half done.
Fortune favours the brave.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
If the cap fits, wear it.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Never go to bed on an argument.
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Look before you leap.
All good things must come to an end.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
Learn to walk before you run.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Haste makes waste.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Seeing is believing.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
What's sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
Variety is the spice of life.
A picture paints a thousand words.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
Make haste slowly.
Every picture tells a story.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
All publicity is good publicity.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Keep your powder dry.
Better late than never.
There's one born every minute.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Moderation in all things.
Big fish eat little fish.
It's better to give than to receive.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
While there is life, there is hope.
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
No pain, no gain.
Money talks.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Charity begins at home.
All good things come to those that wait.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
The exception which proves the rule.
Good things come to those who wait.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Quid pro quo.
Small things amuse small minds.
Everyone has their price.
People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
Seize the day.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
The end justifies the means.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Money makes the world go round.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
It takes one to know one.
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
Less is more.
The customer is always right.
All's well that ends well.
Any port in a storm.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Like father, like son.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Never tell tales out of school.
You reap what you sow.
Two heads are better than one.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Crime doesn't pay.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Always put your best foot forward.
Slow but sure.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Tomorrow is another day.
The best defence is a good offence.
The best things in life are free.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
Shrouds have no pockets.
Seek and you shall find.
To the victor go the spoils.
Let bygones be bygones.
Persuasion is better than force.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
A man is known by his friends.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Make love not war.
Actions speak louder than words.
As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Give credit where credit is due.
Count your blessings.
Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.
The Devil looks after his own.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Honesty is the best policy.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
Don't meet troubles half-way.
A fish always rots from the head.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
There's an exception to every rule.
Clothes do not make the man.
Talk is cheap.
Share and share alike.
Don't change horses in midstream.
The more the merrier.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
Half a loaf is better than none.
It takes a thief to catch a thief.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
It takes two to tango.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Softly, softly, catchee monkey.
Better safe than sorry.
History repeats itself.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Penny wise and pound foolish.
A leopard can't change its spots.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Empty bags cannot stand upright.
Good talk saves the food.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Love makes the world go round.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Don't rock the boat.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Love is blind.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
Each to their own.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Life begins at forty.
A cat has nine lives.
Little pitchers have big ears.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
There's no smoke without fire.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
The pen is mightier than sword.
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
A golden key can open any door.
Good fences make good neighbours.
Money isn't everything.
Speak as you find.
If you build it, they will come.
You are what you eat.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.
Even a worm will turn.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
Children and fools tell the truth.
The show must go on.
No rest for the wicked.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
Get out while the getting is good.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Walls have ears.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Bad money drives out good.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Great minds think alike.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Faith will move mountains.
Opposites attract.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
All the world loves a lover.
Practice makes perfect.
Only fools and horses work.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
Truth will out.
All you need is love.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.
Cleanliness is next to godliness.
You can't always get what you want.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Physician, heal thyself.
Put your best foot forward.
One man's meat is another man's poison.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
Practice what you preach.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
First things first.
A good man is hard to find.
Hide in plain sight.
Slow and steady wins the race.
You can't win them all.
Knowledge is power.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Many hands make light work.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
If you can't be good, be careful.
Ignorance is bliss.
Bad news travels fast.
Horses for courses.
One who sups with the devil, should have a long spoon.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
The wages of sin is death.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Enough is as good as a feast.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
Fight the good fight.
Pride comes before a fall.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Hindsight is twenty-twenty.
All things must pass.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Once a thief, always a thief.
A stitch in time saves nine.
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
You win some, you lose some.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
He who hesitates is lost.
Different strokes for different folks.
Wonders will never cease.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Every dog has its day.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
God helps those who help themselves.
Oil and water don't mix.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
East, west, home's best.
Time is a great healer.
The bottom line is the bottom line.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
One hand washes the other.
Still waters run deep.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
Keep your chin up.
First impressions are the most lasting.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
You can't take it with you.
There's a time and a place for everything.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
What goes up must come down.
Pearls of wisdom.
A word to the wise is enough.
When in Rome, do as Romans do.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Live and let live.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Nine tailors make a man.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
What can't be cured must be endured.
It's the singer not the song.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
All roads lead to Rome.
Possession is nine points of the law.
In the midst of life we are in death.
Cheats never prosper.
Let well alone.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Time and tide wait for no one.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Less said, soon mended.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
It goes without saying.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Every stick has two ends.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Virtue is its own reward.
Blood is thicker than water.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
You can't make bricks without straw.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Beware the Ides of March.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
Forewarned is forearmed.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Waste not, want not.
Time flies.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
An army marches on its stomach.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
A watched pot never boils.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Live and learn.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
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