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Enough is as good as a feast.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Wonders will never cease.

One swallow does not a summer make.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Love will find a way.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Physician, heal thyself.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Handsome is as handsome does.

A poor worker blames the tools.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Bad money drives out good.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

All roads lead to Rome.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

A cat may look at a king.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It takes one to know one.

Don't get mad, get even.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Any port in a storm.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Good things come to those who wait.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Once bitten, twice shy.

All things must pass.

Might is right.

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

A leopard can't change its spots.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Nothing succeeds like success.

An army marches on its stomach.

Make haste slowly.

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

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Another day, another dollar.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

What goes up must come down.

Many hands make light work.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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

Don't rock the boat.

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

It goes without saying.

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

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Fine words butter no parsnips.

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

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Every picture tells a story.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

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

A new broom sweeps clean.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Honesty is the best policy.

Slow but sure.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Learn to walk before you run.

Once a thief, always a thief.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Hope springs eternal.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

First come, first served.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

A man is known by his friends.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Forewarned is forearmed.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Give the Devil his due.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Silence construes consent.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Put your best foot forward.

To every thing there is a season.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Live and let live.

Let bygones be bygones.

A thing begun is half done.

It's never too late to mend.

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

There's no time like the present.

The customer is always right.

There are two sides to every question.

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Strike while the iron is hot.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

A watched pot never boils.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Bad news travels fast.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Life is what you make it.

There's safety in numbers.

Tomorrow never comes.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

Love is blind.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

No news is good news.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

Keep your chin up.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Truth will out.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Crime doesn't pay.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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

You reap what you sow.

Practice what you preach.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Better safe than sorry.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Blood is thicker than water.

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

What goes around comes around.

Easy come, easy go.

Man does not live by bread alone.

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

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Even a worm will turn.

A bad penny always turns up.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Silence is golden.

Opposites attract.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Hide in plain sight.

Less said, soon mended.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Pride comes before a fall.

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

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Seize the day.

It's best to be on the safe side.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Go the extra mile.

Do as I say, not as I do.

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

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

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

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

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Only fools and horses work.

Nothing new under the sun.

Revenge is sweet.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The end justifies the means.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Birds of a feather flock together.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Waste not, want not.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Small things amuse small minds.

Never give a sucker an even break.

The exception which proves the rule.

It takes two to tango.

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Paddle your own canoe.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

He who hesitates is lost.

Third time lucky.

Keep your powder dry.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

A dog is a man's best friend.

Better late than never.

Speak as you find.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Manners maketh the man.

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

You can't take it with you.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Ignorance is bliss.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

No man can serve two masters.

Share and share alike.

An man's home is his castle.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

To the victor go the spoils.

Count your blessings.

While there is life, there is hope.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

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

All's fair in love and war.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

More haste, less speed.

Charity begins at home.

Beauty is only skin deep.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Cheats never prosper.

All's well that ends well.

Tomorrow is another day.

Two heads are better than one.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

First things first.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Marriages are made in heaven.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Great minds think alike.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Let the punishment fit the crime.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

Don't shoot the messenger.

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

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

You win some, you lose some.

You are never too old to learn.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

If you can't be good, be careful.

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

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

The bigger, the better.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

A word to the wise is enough.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Everyone has their price.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Money makes the world go round.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

The show must go on.

Always put your best foot forward.

You can't win them all.

Seek and you shall find.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Love makes the world go round.

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

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

One hand washes the other.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

All good things must come to an end.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Clothes do not make the man.

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

A fish always rots from the head.

Variety is the spice of life.

The wages of sin is death.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

There's no smoke without fire.

Fight the good fight.

Christmas comes but once a year.

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

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Look before you leap.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Big fish eat little fish.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

If you build it, they will come.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Haste makes waste.

All good things come to those that wait.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

All the world loves a lover.

All that glitters is not gold.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

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

Forgive and forget.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

East, west, home's best.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Seeing is believing.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Walls have ears.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Actions speak louder than words.

Time is a great healer.

Talk is cheap.

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

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

Don't upset the apple-cart.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Give credit where credit is due.

Let well alone.

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

Pearls of wisdom.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Business before pleasure.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

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

The truth will out.

The Devil looks after his own.

Like father, like son.

Make love not war.

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

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

Knowledge is power.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Live and learn.

A house is not a home.

Good talk saves the food.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

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

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

For everything there is a season.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Every dog has its day.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Get out while the getting is good.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Virtue is its own reward.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Half a loaf is better than none.

Fortune favours the brave.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

There's no place like home.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

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

Every stick has two ends.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Money talks.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

A picture paints a thousand words.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

Curiosity killed the cat.

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

Time is money.

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

Youth is wasted on the young.

A cat has nine lives.

Time will tell.

God helps those who help themselves.

Dead men tell no tales.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

Horses for courses.

Never speak ill of the dead.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Children should be seen and not heard.

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

Time flies.

One good deed deserves another.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Different strokes for different folks.

Little pitchers have big ears.

Life begins at forty.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

The best things in life are free.

The more the merrier.

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

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

All you need is love.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

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

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

The Devil is in the details.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Never tell tales out of school.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Faith will move mountains.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

It's better to give than to receive.

Less is more.

A golden key can open any door.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

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

Quid pro quo.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Still waters run deep.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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