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