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It takes two to make a quarrel.

East, west, home's best.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

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

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

Nothing succeeds like success.

Love is blind.

It's better to give than to receive.

The age of miracles is past.

Bad money drives out good.

What goes up must come down.

Tomorrow is another day.

A bad penny always turns up.

Pride comes before a fall.

Love will find a way.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

A watched pot never boils.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

A man is known by his friends.

A cat has nine lives.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Time flies.

No man is an island.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Don't rock the boat.

Seize the day.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Home is where the heart is.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Give credit where credit is due.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

All you need is love.

Different strokes for different folks.

One good deed deserves another.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Make love not war.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

It never rains but it pours.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Speak as you find.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Forgive and forget.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Attack is the best form of defence.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Even a worm will turn.

Live and learn.

Honesty is the best policy.

Every dog has its day.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

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

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

Clothes do not make the man.

You reap what you sow.

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

Moderation in all things.

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

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

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

Waste not, want not.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Better safe than sorry.

Marriages are made in heaven.

You can have too much of a good thing.

There's safety in numbers.

Ignorance is bliss.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

First things first.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

You are what you eat.

Dead men tell no tales.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

History repeats itself.

There's one born every minute.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't get mad, get even.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Manners maketh the man.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Each to their own.

Third time lucky.

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

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

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

An army marches on its stomach.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Give the Devil his due.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Quid pro quo.

Tomorrow never comes.

Money is the root of all evil.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Actions speak louder than words.

Practice makes perfect.

If you build it, they will come.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Seek and you shall find.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Only the good die young.

Keep your powder dry.

Don't change horses in midstream.

No news is good news.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Live and let live.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Money isn't everything.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Horses for courses.

Strike while the iron is hot.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Crime doesn't pay.

Persuasion is better than force.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Bad news travels fast.

A golden key can open any door.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Less is more.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

Opposites attract.

Like father, like son.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Any port in a storm.

The best things in life are free.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Cold hands, warm heart.

There's no time like the present.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Easy come, easy go.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Cheats never prosper.

Fortune favours the brave.

Look before you leap.

You can't always get what you want.

Get out while the getting is good.

Make haste slowly.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

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

A thing begun is half done.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Time will tell.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Stupid is as stupid does.

The show must go on.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Wonders will never cease.

Good things come in small packages.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

There's no smoke without fire.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Business before pleasure.

Nothing new under the sun.

While there is life, there is hope.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Life is what you make it.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The wages of sin is death.

Paddle your own canoe.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

To every thing there is a season.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Count your blessings.

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Laughter is the best medicine.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Fight the good fight.

It takes two to tango.

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

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Beware the Ides of March.

Only fools and horses work.

The customer is always right.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

For everything there is a season.

Let the buyer beware.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

No rest for the wicked.

Let bygones be bygones.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

First come, first served.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Always put your best foot forward.

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

Never give a sucker an even break.

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

Grief divided is made lighter.

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

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

The exception which proves the rule.

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

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Small things amuse small minds.

Great minds think alike.

A dog is a man's best friend.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't throw good money after bad.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Two wrongs don't make a right.

It's all grist to the mill.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Silence is golden.

Let the dead bury the dead.

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

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

More haste, less speed.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

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

Go the extra mile.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

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

All things must pass.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Love makes the world go round.

The bigger, the better.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

There are two sides to every question.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Money talks.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let well alone.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

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

The end justifies the means.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

You are never too old to learn.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

No pain, no gain.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Keep your chin up.

A person is known by the company they keep.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

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

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

To the victor go the spoils.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

What can't be cured must be endured.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

God helps those who help themselves.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

All's well that ends well.

There's no place like home.

All that glitters is not gold.

Misery loves company.

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

All's fair in love and war.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

All publicity is good publicity.

No man can serve two masters.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't win them all.

Hide in plain sight.

East is east, and west is west.

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

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

The best defence is a good offence.

An man's home is his castle.

All good things must come to an end.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

Better late than never.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

You win some, you lose some.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Still waters run deep.

Practice what you preach.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Share and share alike.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Every picture tells a story.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

There's a time and a place for everything.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Money makes the world go round.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A good man is hard to find.

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

Time is money.

There is honour among thieves.

Everyone has their price.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Less said, soon mended.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

Blood is thicker than water.

Life begins at forty.

It's never too late to mend.

A word to the wise is enough.

Make hay while the sun shines.

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

Put your best foot forward.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Virtue is its own reward.

Haste makes waste.

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

It takes one to know one.

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

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

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

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

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Hope springs eternal.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Knowledge is power.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Might is right.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Silence construes consent.

Enough is enough.

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

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

Seeing is believing.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Slow but sure.

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

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Good talk saves the food.

Once bitten, twice shy.

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

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

All good things come to those that wait.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

The leopard does not change his spots.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Charity begins at home.

There's an exception to every rule.

Don't change horses in midstream.

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