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

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