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Love will find a way.

It's never too late to mend.

The Devil looks after his own.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Never tell tales out of school.

Less is more.

Every picture tells a story.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Accidents will happen.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Money is the root of all evil.

Silence construes consent.

A man is known by his friends.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The end justifies the means.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Keep your chin up.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

He who hesitates is lost.

What goes around comes around.

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

Make love not war.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

Truth will out.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Beggars can't be choosers.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A stitch in time saves nine.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

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

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

Moderation in all things.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

East is east, and west is west.

Put your best foot forward.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fight the good fight.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Seek and you shall find.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Time is money.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Every dog has its day.

Big fish eat little fish.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

The customer is always right.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

There's one born every minute.

Good things come to those who wait.

Nothing new under the sun.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Dead men tell no tales.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

There's an exception to every rule.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Tomorrow is another day.

A golden key can open any door.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

All's well that ends well.

Share and share alike.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Laughter is the best medicine.

There's no place like home.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

Walls have ears.

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

Opposites attract.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

No pain, no gain.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A bad penny always turns up.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Many hands make light work.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Hope springs eternal.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

The truth will out.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Time and tide wait for no one.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Different strokes for different folks.

Learn to walk before you run.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Better late than never.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Every stick has two ends.

The exception which proves the rule.

Don't rock the boat.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Waste not, want not.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

All you need is love.

Forewarned is forearmed.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

It never rains but it pours.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

A cat has nine lives.

Life begins at forty.

No news is good news.

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

The best things in life are free.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Less said, soon mended.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Like father, like son.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Make haste slowly.

Look before you leap.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

If you build it, they will come.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Never speak ill of the dead.

A word to the wise is enough.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

All's fair in love and war.

All roads lead to Rome.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Live and let live.

Patience is a virtue.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Silence is golden.

Good things come in small packages.

A house is not a home.

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

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Let well alone.

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

One hand washes the other.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The wages of sin is death.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

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

Love is blind.

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

Ignorance is bliss.

Live and learn.

Any port in a storm.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Fortune favours the brave.

Appearances can be deceptive.

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

Enough is enough.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Let the buyer beware.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

All good things must come to an end.

Do as I say, not as I do.

A watched pot never boils.

Let the dead bury the dead.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

No man is an island.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Only the good die young.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Tomorrow never comes.

Time will tell.

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

Faith will move mountains.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

All good things come to those that wait.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Quid pro quo.

Clothes do not make the man.

A thing begun is half done.

You are what you eat.

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

Might is right.

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

Cold hands, warm heart.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Curiosity killed the cat.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Money makes the world go round.

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

There's no time like the present.

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

One swallow does not a summer make.

Cheats never prosper.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Better safe than sorry.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

The Devil is in the details.

Business before pleasure.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

To every thing there is a season.

The show must go on.

It goes without saying.

Horses for courses.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Wonders will never cease.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

Third time lucky.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's safety in numbers.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

You are never too old to learn.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Hide in plain sight.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Only fools and horses work.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Give the Devil his due.

Life is what you make it.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Two heads are better than one.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Man does not live by bread alone.

What goes up must come down.

First things first.

Always put your best foot forward.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Handsome is as handsome does.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

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

The age of miracles is past.

Bad news travels fast.

No man can serve two masters.

History repeats itself.

Money isn't everything.

Forgive and forget.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Give credit where credit is due.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

East, west, home's best.

Once bitten, twice shy.

You can't win them all.

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

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Nine tailors make a man.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

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

You reap what you sow.

Good talk saves the food.

You can't take it with you.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Each to their own.

Still waters run deep.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

There's no smoke without fire.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Practice makes perfect.

The bigger, the better.

Little pitchers have big ears.

What can't be cured must be endured.

The early bird gets the worm.

Christmas comes but once a year.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Don't get mad, get even.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

It takes two to tango.

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

You can't always get what you want.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Youth is wasted on the young.

One good deed deserves another.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

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

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

Practice what you preach.

Keep your powder dry.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

Time flies.

Slow but sure.

Bad money drives out good.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Love makes the world go round.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Everyone has their price.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

The best-laid plans go astray.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

No rest for the wicked.

Physician, heal thyself.

Seeing is believing.

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

Haste makes waste.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

The more the merrier.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

First come, first served.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A fish always rots from the head.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

A cat may look at a king.

Get out while the getting is good.

Actions speak louder than words.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

For everything there is a season.

A picture paints a thousand words.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Virtue is its own reward.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

Time is a great healer.

A leopard can't change its spots.

God helps those who help themselves.

Honesty is the best policy.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Crime doesn't pay.

While there is life, there is hope.

More haste, less speed.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Revenge is sweet.

To the victor go the spoils.

All things must pass.

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