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Give credit where credit is due.

There are two sides to every question.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Cheats never prosper.

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

Each to their own.

If you build it, they will come.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's one born every minute.

Better safe than sorry.

Talk is cheap.

Get out while the getting is good.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

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

East is east, and west is west.

Variety is the spice of life.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Like father, like son.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Manners maketh the man.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Let the buyer beware.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The early bird gets the worm.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

God helps those who help themselves.

Do as I say, not as I do.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

All you need is love.

A stitch in time saves nine.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

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

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Business before pleasure.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Nine tailors make a man.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Beware the Ides of March.

Physician, heal thyself.

Big fish eat little fish.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

You can't win them all.

Horses for courses.

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

To the victor go the spoils.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All things must pass.

Grief divided is made lighter.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Enough is enough.

Learn to walk before you run.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Great minds think alike.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A thing begun is half done.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

What can't be cured must be endured.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

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

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

Silence is golden.

Live and learn.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Every dog has its day.

First things first.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Truth will out.

Count your blessings.

You win some, you lose some.

Tomorrow is another day.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

No rest for the wicked.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The end justifies the means.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Christmas comes but once a year.

No man can serve two masters.

It's the singer not the song.

Time will tell.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Money isn't everything.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Tomorrow never comes.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Home is where the heart is.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

All good things must come to an end.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Don't get mad, get even.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

He who hesitates is lost.

Walls have ears.

The show must go on.

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

The best defence is a good offence.

A watched pot never boils.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Another day, another dollar.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

No news is good news.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Share and share alike.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

What goes around comes around.

Haste makes waste.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Many hands make light work.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Every picture tells a story.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You reap what you sow.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Fortune favours the brave.

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

A cat may look at a king.

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

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

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

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

A word to the wise is enough.

Honesty is the best policy.

No pain, no gain.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

If the cap fits, wear it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't throw good money after bad.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Less is more.

Virtue is its own reward.

Attack is the best form of defence.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Charity begins at home.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Bad money drives out good.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Hope springs eternal.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Make haste slowly.

Accidents will happen.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Blood is thicker than water.

All publicity is good publicity.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Crime doesn't pay.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Opposites attract.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

Knowledge is power.

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

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

All that glitters is not gold.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Actions speak louder than words.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Good things come to those who wait.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Life begins at forty.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

Love is blind.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Every stick has two ends.

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

You can't always get what you want.

All good things come to those that wait.

There's no time like the present.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The Devil is in the details.

You are never too old to learn.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

The more the merrier.

Might is right.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Half a loaf is better than none.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

It's all grist to the mill.

There's no place like home.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Time is money.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It goes without saying.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Seek and you shall find.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Children and fools tell the truth.

There's safety in numbers.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Forgive and forget.

Keep your chin up.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Bad news travels fast.

Different strokes for different folks.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

The bigger, the better.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Third time lucky.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Less said, soon mended.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A poor worker blames the tools.

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

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Slow but sure.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Only fools and horses work.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Beauty is only skin deep.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

A golden key can open any door.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Life is what you make it.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Money makes the world go round.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

A man is known by his friends.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Seeing is believing.

Silence construes consent.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Love will find a way.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Even a worm will turn.

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

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The exception which proves the rule.

A good man is hard to find.

Speak as you find.

There is no accounting for tastes.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love makes the world go round.

Dead men tell no tales.

A house is not a home.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Beggars can't be choosers.

In the midst of life we are in death.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Strike while the iron is hot.

While there is life, there is hope.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Seize the day.

Faith will move mountains.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

You can't take it with you.

Cold hands, warm heart.

First impressions are the most lasting.

East, west, home's best.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Time is a great healer.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Keep your powder dry.

Still waters run deep.

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

The best things in life are free.

All's well that ends well.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

All the world loves a lover.

Pride comes before a fall.

Only the good die young.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Everyone has their price.

More haste, less speed.

Oil and water don't mix.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

The customer is always right.

An army marches on its stomach.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let well alone.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Misery loves company.

It takes one to know one.

Time flies.

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

One hand washes the other.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Practice what you preach.

The wages of sin is death.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Fight the good fight.

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

History repeats itself.

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

All roads lead to Rome.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Any port in a storm.

Moderation in all things.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Money is the root of all evil.

Don't rock the boat.

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

Make love not war.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Look before you leap.

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

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

Fight fire with fire.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Quid pro quo.

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

A bad penny always turns up.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Practice makes perfect.

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