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Money makes the world go round.

Home is where the heart is.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Actions speak louder than words.

Physician, heal thyself.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

There's safety in numbers.

All the world loves a lover.

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

Every picture tells a story.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Haste makes waste.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Everyone has their price.

Misery loves company.

Look before you leap.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Another day, another dollar.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Strike while the iron is hot.

While there is life, there is hope.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The bigger, the better.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Out of sight, out of mind.

It's better to give than to receive.

Less said, soon mended.

Laughter is the best medicine.

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

Live and learn.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

Share and share alike.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

When one door shuts, another opens.

The best defence is a good offence.

Business before pleasure.

Easy come, easy go.

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

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

It's all grist to the mill.

Every stick has two ends.

You can't win them all.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Hide in plain sight.

All you need is love.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Always put your best foot forward.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A golden key can open any door.

You win some, you lose some.

The Devil is in the details.

Tomorrow is another day.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Time flies.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The Devil looks after his own.

No man is an island.

A word to the wise is enough.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Quid pro quo.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

East, west, home's best.

Good fences make good neighbours.

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

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

Speak as you find.

Dead men tell no tales.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Make love not war.

All good things must come to an end.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Still waters run deep.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

First things first.

Two heads are better than one.

Give credit where credit is due.

To the victor go the spoils.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Bad news travels fast.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Seek and you shall find.

The end justifies the means.

Any port in a storm.

Clothes do not make the man.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

All that glitters is not gold.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

It's never too late to mend.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

More haste, less speed.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Walls have ears.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Time will tell.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Opposites attract.

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

Put your best foot forward.

The truth will out.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

You can't make bricks without straw.

The customer is always right.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Every dog has its day.

The pen is mightier than sword.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Many hands make light work.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Faith will move mountains.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

Let the buyer beware.

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

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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

Better late than never.

Never speak ill of the dead.

You are never too old to learn.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Talk is cheap.

A picture paints a thousand words.

A man is known by his friends.

An army marches on its stomach.

You reap what you sow.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

Waste not, want not.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Time is money.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A watched pot never boils.

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

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

Seeing is believing.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

No man can serve two masters.

Birds of a feather flock together.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

In the midst of life we are in death.

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

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Good things come in small packages.

One swallow does not a summer make.

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

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Give the Devil his due.

Cheats never prosper.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

No rest for the wicked.

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

Forgive and forget.

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

Good talk saves the food.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Silence is golden.

History repeats itself.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

He who hesitates is lost.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

A thing begun is half done.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A good man is hard to find.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

A leopard can't change its spots.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Silence construes consent.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

For everything there is a season.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Beggars can't be choosers.

To every thing there is a season.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Knowledge is power.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

East is east, and west is west.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Money isn't everything.

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

All things must pass.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Practice makes perfect.

Enough is enough.

Go the extra mile.

The show must go on.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Third time lucky.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

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

All's fair in love and war.

It goes without saying.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Horses for courses.

Accidents will happen.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

It never rains but it pours.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Might is right.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

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

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

It's the singer not the song.

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

No pain, no gain.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Keep your powder dry.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Great minds think alike.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

You can have too much of a good thing.

A fish always rots from the head.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Love is blind.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Time is a great healer.

Needs must when the devil drives.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

There's no time like the present.

Manners maketh the man.

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

Children and fools tell the truth.

Seize the day.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

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

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

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Truth will out.

There's no place like home.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Bad money drives out good.

Honesty is the best policy.

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

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Count your blessings.

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Little pitchers have big ears.

What goes up must come down.

Hope springs eternal.

Each to their own.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Only the good die young.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Small things amuse small minds.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

A penny saved is a penny earned.

One hand washes the other.

The best is the enemy of the good.

There's no smoke without fire.

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

Fortune favours the brave.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Ignorance is bliss.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Keep your chin up.

Money is the root of all evil.

An man's home is his castle.

If you build it, they will come.

A bad penny always turns up.

There is honour among thieves.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Let the dead bury the dead.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Handsome is as handsome does.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Only fools and horses work.

Money talks.

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

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

It takes two to tango.

Let bygones be bygones.

The best-laid plans go astray.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Life begins at forty.

Fight the good fight.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

The exception which proves the rule.

Get out while the getting is good.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You are what you eat.

Life is what you make it.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beware the Ides of March.

Christmas comes but once a year.

There's an exception to every rule.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Never tell tales out of school.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Never go to bed on an argument.

It takes one to know one.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

You can't always get what you want.

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

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

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

Fight fire with fire.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Practice what you preach.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Moderation in all things.

Nine tailors make a man.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let well alone.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Less is more.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

God helps those who help themselves.

One good deed deserves another.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

You can't take it with you.

Tomorrow never comes.

Live and let live.

A cat may look at a king.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

A house is not a home.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

All's well that ends well.

Persuasion is better than force.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

There are two sides to every question.

Slow but sure.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Like father, like son.

Love will find a way.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

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