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Easy come, easy go.

The customer is always right.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The bigger, the better.

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

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

Tomorrow is another day.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Never give a sucker an even break.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Don't get mad, get even.

A watched pot never boils.

Fortune favours the brave.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Better safe than sorry.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

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

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Give credit where credit is due.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Hope springs eternal.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

There is honour among thieves.

Time flies.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

Go the extra mile.

All that glitters is not gold.

Forewarned is forearmed.

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

Money talks.

Good talk saves the food.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

It goes without saying.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

What goes around comes around.

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

There's an exception to every rule.

Live and let live.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

Life begins at forty.

Only fools and horses work.

No man is an island.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Learn to walk before you run.

Never speak ill of the dead.

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

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Keep your chin up.

Good things come to those who wait.

Less said, soon mended.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Knowledge is power.

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

Children should be seen and not heard.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Hide in plain sight.

Time is a great healer.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Many hands make light work.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Speak as you find.

A house is not a home.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Great minds think alike.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

There's no time like the present.

A picture paints a thousand words.

It's the singer not the song.

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

It's never too late to mend.

The end justifies the means.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Make love not war.

More haste, less speed.

Only the good die young.

Different strokes for different folks.

All roads lead to Rome.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

There's no place like home.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

You win some, you lose some.

You are never too old to learn.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

First impressions are the most lasting.

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

Accidents will happen.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Bad money drives out good.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Money makes the world go round.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Youth is wasted on the young.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Business before pleasure.

History repeats itself.

All's well that ends well.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Let sleeping dogs lie.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Love will find a way.

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

Revenge is sweet.

Silence is golden.

You can't take it with you.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

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

It takes two to tango.

Two heads are better than one.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Time will tell.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Virtue is its own reward.

Big fish eat little fish.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Variety is the spice of life.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Persuasion is better than force.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Strike while the iron is hot.

You reap what you sow.

Haste makes waste.

All good things come to those that wait.

Moderation in all things.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

No pain, no gain.

Waste not, want not.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

An army marches on its stomach.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

There's no fool like an old fool.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

To the victor go the spoils.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All you need is love.

A thing begun is half done.

Seek and you shall find.

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

No news is good news.

East is east, and west is west.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Give the Devil his due.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

First come, first served.

Might is right.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Count your blessings.

Slow and steady wins the race.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

A cat may look at a king.

A man is known by his friends.

Practice makes perfect.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Stupid is as stupid does.

First things first.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

All publicity is good publicity.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

He who hesitates is lost.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Put your best foot forward.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Seize the day.

Third time lucky.

No man can serve two masters.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

There are two sides to every question.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

For everything there is a season.

The truth will out.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Love is blind.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Small things amuse small minds.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

A golden key can open any door.

Like father, like son.

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

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

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

Actions speak louder than words.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Every dog has its day.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Crime doesn't pay.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Wonders will never cease.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The exception which proves the rule.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

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

There's safety in numbers.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Love makes the world go round.

Bad news travels fast.

East, west, home's best.

A good man is hard to find.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Good things come in small packages.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Life is what you make it.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

A bad penny always turns up.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

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

You are what you eat.

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

Every picture tells a story.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Practice what you preach.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Cheats never prosper.

Silence construes consent.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Seeing is believing.

Still waters run deep.

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

An man's home is his castle.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Let the buyer beware.

Pride comes before a fall.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

It takes one to know one.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Once a thief, always a thief.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Time and tide wait for no one.

What goes up must come down.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Get out while the getting is good.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Opposites attract.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Shrouds have no pockets.

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

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

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Fight fire with fire.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

All good things must come to an end.

If you can't be good, be careful.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

One good deed deserves another.

Slow but sure.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Let well alone.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

It's better to give than to receive.

All's fair in love and war.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Make haste slowly.

The best things in life are free.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Oil and water don't mix.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

The more the merrier.

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

The Devil is in the details.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't rock the boat.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

The age of miracles is past.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Misery loves company.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You can't win them all.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

One hand washes the other.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

God helps those who help themselves.

There's one born every minute.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

To every thing there is a season.

Physician, heal thyself.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Patience is a virtue.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Live and learn.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

The wages of sin is death.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Every stick has two ends.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Each to their own.

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

Charity begins at home.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Manners maketh the man.

Horses for courses.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Better late than never.

Look before you leap.

A word to the wise is enough.

Truth will out.

Money isn't everything.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Keep your powder dry.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Forgive and forget.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Even a worm will turn.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Walls have ears.

Small things amuse small minds.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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