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

Seeing is believing.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

You can't always get what you want.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

For everything there is a season.

Get out while the getting is good.

One good deed deserves another.

Never give a sucker an even break.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The bigger, the better.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Physician, heal thyself.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Misery loves company.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Clothes do not make the man.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Good talk saves the food.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

Home is where the heart is.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Never tell tales out of school.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Only the good die young.

Look before you leap.

All that glitters is not gold.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fortune favours the brave.

Fight the good fight.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Less said, soon mended.

Money talks.

All publicity is good publicity.

Charity begins at home.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Two heads are better than one.

Once bitten, twice shy.

There's no fool like an old fool.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

First come, first served.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Time will tell.

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

Better safe than sorry.

Different strokes for different folks.

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

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

The customer is always right.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

There's an exception to every rule.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Might is right.

A man is known by his friends.

All's well that ends well.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

All you need is love.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Keep your chin up.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Time flies.

East, west, home's best.

Talk is cheap.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Enough is as good as a feast.

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

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

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

Walls have ears.

There's one born every minute.

What can't be cured must be endured.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Needs must when the devil drives.

Each to their own.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Honesty is the best policy.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

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

You can't win them all.

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

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

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

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

History repeats itself.

Nothing new under the sun.

Waste not, want not.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Another day, another dollar.

No rest for the wicked.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

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

No pain, no gain.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

The Devil is in the details.

Wonders will never cease.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Hide in plain sight.

Forgive and forget.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Horses for courses.

A fish always rots from the head.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

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

Persuasion is better than force.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

Still waters run deep.

Good fences make good neighbours.

East is east, and west is west.

No news is good news.

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

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

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Seize the day.

The truth will out.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Every dog has its day.

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

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

Blue are the hills that are far away.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

All the world loves a lover.

All roads lead to Rome.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Don't get mad, get even.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Life begins at forty.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

There are two sides to every question.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Bad money drives out good.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

To every thing there is a season.

The more the merrier.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

First things first.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Money isn't everything.

Strike while the iron is hot.

There's no smoke without fire.

A thing begun is half done.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

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

There is honour among thieves.

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Tomorrow is another day.

An army marches on its stomach.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

God helps those who help themselves.

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

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

Shrouds have no pockets.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

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

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Once a thief, always a thief.

Business before pleasure.

The best-laid plans go astray.

The exception which proves the rule.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Many hands make light work.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

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

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Fight fire with fire.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Beware the Ides of March.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Make hay while the sun shines.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

It takes two to tango.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

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

Out of sight, out of mind.

One hand washes the other.

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

If you build it, they will come.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

All good things must come to an end.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

No man is an island.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Practice what you preach.

Always put your best foot forward.

Quid pro quo.

Let bygones be bygones.

It's the singer not the song.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Silence is golden.

Ignorance is bliss.

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

There's no time like the present.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Blood is thicker than water.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

A house is not a home.

Make love not war.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Manners maketh the man.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

Live and learn.

It never rains but it pours.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Learn to walk before you run.

Let well alone.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Love is blind.

Children should be seen and not heard.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Less is more.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

A cat may look at a king.

It's all grist to the mill.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

Dead men tell no tales.

Haste makes waste.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Moderation in all things.

A word to the wise is enough.

Slow but sure.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Great minds think alike.

In the midst of life we are in death.

It's never too late to mend.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

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

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Silence construes consent.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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

Barking dogs seldom bite.

All good things come to those that wait.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Make haste slowly.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Revenge is sweet.

It takes one to know one.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

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

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Speak as you find.

A person is known by the company they keep.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

The end justifies the means.

Birds of a feather flock together.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Bad news travels fast.

You reap what you sow.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Time is a great healer.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

He who hesitates is lost.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

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

A watched pot never boils.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Pride comes before a fall.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Good things come to those who wait.

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

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

It's better to give than to receive.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Time is money.

Like father, like son.

The wages of sin is death.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

Count your blessings.

Seek and you shall find.

Love will find a way.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

An man's home is his castle.

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

Truth will out.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Live and let live.

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

The best is the enemy of the good.

You can't take it with you.

Crime doesn't pay.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Better late than never.

Patience is a virtue.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Virtue is its own reward.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Go the extra mile.

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

You can't make bricks without straw.

Enough is enough.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Easy come, easy go.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

You are what you eat.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

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

Little pitchers have big ears.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

What goes around comes around.

No man can serve two masters.

Tomorrow never comes.

Share and share alike.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Hope springs eternal.

Love makes the world go round.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

All things must pass.

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

The best things in life are free.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Cheats never prosper.

A dog is a man's best friend.

The show must go on.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Everyone has their price.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Even a worm will turn.

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

Practice makes perfect.

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

Half a loaf is better than none.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

A cat has nine lives.

You win some, you lose some.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Every picture tells a story.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

More haste, less speed.

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

Appearances can be deceptive.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

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

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

Familiarity breeds contempt.