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Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

Learn to walk before you run.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Only the good die young.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Let the buyer beware.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Better safe than sorry.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

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

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

Money talks.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Revenge is sweet.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

The truth will out.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

There is honour among thieves.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Marriages are made in heaven.

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

Good fences make good neighbours.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

Opposites attract.

A man is known by his friends.

It takes two to tango.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Fortune favours the brave.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Misery loves company.

Money isn't everything.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Keep your chin up.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Everyone has their price.

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

Silence construes consent.

Seek and you shall find.

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

No man is an island.

The end justifies the means.

A dog is a man's best friend.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

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

It goes without saying.

Fight the good fight.

Practice makes perfect.

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

First things first.

Never speak ill of the dead.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

There's no time like the present.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

While there is life, there is hope.

What goes up must come down.

God helps those who help themselves.

Business before pleasure.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

The early bird gets the worm.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Charity begins at home.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Any port in a storm.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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

The customer is always right.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

To every thing there is a season.

More haste, less speed.

Never tell tales out of school.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

A thing begun is half done.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

All roads lead to Rome.

All the world loves a lover.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

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

Third time lucky.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let the dead bury the dead.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Forgive and forget.

Good things come in small packages.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Keep your powder dry.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Only fools and horses work.

Like father, like son.

Make love not war.

Stupid is as stupid does.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Less is more.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

In the midst of life we are in death.

All good things come to those that wait.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Tomorrow never comes.

Money is the root of all evil.

You are what you eat.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Another day, another dollar.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Accidents will happen.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time flies.

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

Time will tell.

A golden key can open any door.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Waste not, want not.

There's no place like home.

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

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Do as I say, not as I do.

The bigger, the better.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Knowledge is power.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Love makes the world go round.

Live and let live.

A cat may look at a king.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

An man's home is his castle.

What goes around comes around.

East, west, home's best.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Clothes do not make the man.

Big fish eat little fish.

Each to their own.

To the victor go the spoils.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Different strokes for different folks.

It's better to give than to receive.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

For everything there is a season.

Good things come to those who wait.

There's an exception to every rule.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

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

Get out while the getting is good.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Virtue is its own reward.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Horses for courses.

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

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Good talk saves the food.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Still waters run deep.

Great minds think alike.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Nothing new under the sun.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Small things amuse small minds.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Life is what you make it.

There's no fool like an old fool.

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

Pride comes before a fall.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

Make haste slowly.

There's one born every minute.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Love will find a way.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Physician, heal thyself.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Life begins at forty.

Dead men tell no tales.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't get mad, get even.

Seize the day.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Go the extra mile.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

History repeats itself.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The show must go on.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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

You can't take it with you.

East is east, and west is west.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Ignorance is bliss.

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

Don't change horses in midstream.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Time is money.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Give the Devil his due.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Even a worm will turn.

Quid pro quo.

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

There is no accounting for tastes.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Enough is enough.

Might is right.

All good things must come to an end.

One hand washes the other.

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

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

Let well alone.

Speak as you find.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Tomorrow is another day.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Appearances can be deceptive.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Look before you leap.

Honesty is the best policy.

Nine tailors make a man.

A fish always rots from the head.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

A bad penny always turns up.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Oil and water don't mix.

The more the merrier.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

All things must pass.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Better late than never.

You can't win them all.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

It's all grist to the mill.

First come, first served.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Seeing is believing.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

The best things in life are free.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

If you build it, they will come.

Manners maketh the man.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

An army marches on its stomach.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Every stick has two ends.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Hide in plain sight.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

You are never too old to learn.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Love is blind.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

The best defence is a good offence.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

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

Haste makes waste.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Fight fire with fire.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Christmas comes but once a year.

You reap what you sow.

Easy come, easy go.

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

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

It never rains but it pours.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Wonders will never cease.

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

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

No pain, no gain.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Two heads are better than one.

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

A word to the wise is enough.

Slow but sure.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Many hands make light work.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

You can't make bricks without straw.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The wages of sin is death.

Home is where the heart is.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Hope springs eternal.

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

Share and share alike.

Live and learn.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

The leopard does not change his spots.

Put your best foot forward.

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Cold hands, warm heart.

One good deed deserves another.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Persuasion is better than force.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A leopard can't change its spots.

It's never too late to mend.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

There's safety in numbers.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Time is a great healer.

Time and tide wait for no one.

A watched pot never boils.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Beware the Ides of March.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

A house is not a home.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Silence is golden.

Walls have ears.

Always put your best foot forward.

All you need is love.

Bad news travels fast.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There are two sides to every question.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

There's no smoke without fire.

No man can serve two masters.

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

All's well that ends well.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Count your blessings.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Bad money drives out good.

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

It's the singer not the song.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

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

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Every dog has its day.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Don't rock the boat.

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