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Enough is enough.

Business before pleasure.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Tomorrow is another day.

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

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Two heads are better than one.

Even a worm will turn.

Still waters run deep.

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

There are two sides to every question.

Clothes do not make the man.

The early bird gets the worm.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Money makes the world go round.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

While there is life, there is hope.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

East, west, home's best.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Every picture tells a story.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Bad news travels fast.

Keep your powder dry.

One swallow does not a summer make.

A cat may look at a king.

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

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Seeing is believing.

Live and let live.

First come, first served.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

All the world loves a lover.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Third time lucky.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A bad penny always turns up.

One good deed deserves another.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Haste makes waste.

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

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

All you need is love.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Paddle your own canoe.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

Quid pro quo.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Look before you leap.

It takes one to know one.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Pearls of wisdom.

Time flies.

A man is known by his friends.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A word to the wise is enough.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

The exception which proves the rule.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Misery loves company.

Good talk saves the food.

Share and share alike.

Seize the day.

Every dog has its day.

The wages of sin is death.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Don't throw good money after bad.

There's a time and a place for everything.

It never rains but it pours.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There's an exception to every rule.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Wonders will never cease.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Dead men tell no tales.

Home is where the heart is.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

All good things must come to an end.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

The best-laid plans go astray.

All publicity is good publicity.

A thing begun is half done.

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

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

Money talks.

You can't take it with you.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Practice makes perfect.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Faith will move mountains.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

No pain, no gain.

Slow but sure.

East is east, and west is west.

He who hesitates is lost.

A good man is hard to find.

Forgive and forget.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

There's no smoke without fire.

Speak as you find.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Give the Devil his due.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

If you build it, they will come.

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

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Hide in plain sight.

Less is more.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Bad money drives out good.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Accidents will happen.

It's better to give than to receive.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Money is the root of all evil.

Waste not, want not.

Talk is cheap.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

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

The end justifies the means.

There's safety in numbers.

Less said, soon mended.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

The more the merrier.

Make love not war.

Birds of a feather flock together.

You can't win them all.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

You reap what you sow.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

Christmas comes but once a year.

All's well that ends well.

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

Better safe than sorry.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Easy come, easy go.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Strike while the iron is hot.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's never too late to mend.

Moderation in all things.

A dog is a man's best friend.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Only the good die young.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

The pen is mightier than sword.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

No man can serve two masters.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Great minds think alike.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Horses for courses.

All that glitters is not gold.

A miss is as good as a mile.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

You are what you eat.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

Actions speak louder than words.

Charity begins at home.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Pride comes before a fall.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

To every thing there is a season.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

A poor worker blames the tools.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Life begins at forty.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Patience is a virtue.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Ignorance is bliss.

Silence construes consent.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

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

What goes up must come down.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no place like home.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Hope springs eternal.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Practice what you preach.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Another day, another dollar.

Only fools and horses work.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

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

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Always put your best foot forward.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A golden key can open any door.

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

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

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Life is what you make it.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A leopard can't change its spots.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

The age of miracles is past.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Little pitchers have big ears.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

No man is an island.

Go the extra mile.

Silence is golden.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Let well alone.

Variety is the spice of life.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Manners maketh the man.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Knowledge is power.

What goes around comes around.

Each to their own.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Everyone has their price.

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

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

You can't make bricks without straw.

There is no accounting for tastes.

History repeats itself.

An army marches on its stomach.

Fight the good fight.

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Beauty is only skin deep.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

All's fair in love and war.

Love will find a way.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Enough is as good as a feast.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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

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

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Beware the Ides of March.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Cheats never prosper.

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

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Seek and you shall find.

No news is good news.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Small things amuse small minds.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Walls have ears.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Count your blessings.

First impressions are the most lasting.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A watched pot never boils.

You can't always get what you want.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Love makes the world go round.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

Money isn't everything.

Truth will out.

Give credit where credit is due.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The best things in life are free.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The best defence is a good offence.

Don't shoot the messenger.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

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

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

Physician, heal thyself.

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

Opposites attract.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Good things come in small packages.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The truth will out.

First things first.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The Devil is in the details.

Might is right.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Keep your chin up.

Fight fire with fire.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Don't get mad, get even.

It's the singer not the song.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

There's no time like the present.

Needs must when the devil drives.

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Make haste slowly.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Time is a great healer.

Shrouds have no pockets.

A house is not a home.

Man does not live by bread alone.

To the victor go the spoils.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Live and learn.

All things must pass.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Love is blind.

For everything there is a season.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fortune favours the brave.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

All good things come to those that wait.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

One hand washes the other.

It goes without saying.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The customer is always right.

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

There's one born every minute.

Revenge is sweet.

Laughter is the best medicine.

All roads lead to Rome.

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