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In for a penny, in for a pound.

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

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

Let the dead bury the dead.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

Another day, another dollar.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

The wages of sin is death.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Wonders will never cease.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Go the extra mile.

Nine tailors make a man.

The more the merrier.

A cat may look at a king.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Practice what you preach.

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

East is east, and west is west.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Small things amuse small minds.

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

Even a worm will turn.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Third time lucky.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Give the Devil his due.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

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

History repeats itself.

There are two sides to every question.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

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

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Speak as you find.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Do as I say, not as I do.

You can have too much of a good thing.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Silence is golden.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

Love will find a way.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Always put your best foot forward.

Hide in plain sight.

There's one born every minute.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Enough is enough.

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

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

There's an exception to every rule.

If you build it, they will come.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Knowledge is power.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

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

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

Live and let live.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Oil and water don't mix.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Home is where the heart is.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Don't throw good money after bad.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

No man can serve two masters.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

One swallow does not a summer make.

All things must pass.

Life is what you make it.

Time is money.

To every thing there is a season.

Keep your powder dry.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

When one door shuts, another opens.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

Big fish eat little fish.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You can't win them all.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

Blood is thicker than water.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

A cat has nine lives.

Don't rock the boat.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Make haste slowly.

Children and fools tell the truth.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Persuasion is better than force.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Only the good die young.

Attack is the best form of defence.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Seek and you shall find.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Good talk saves the food.

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

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

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

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

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Opposites attract.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A bad penny always turns up.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

Actions speak louder than words.

Moderation in all things.

Let well alone.

Forgive and forget.

Fight fire with fire.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

There is no accounting for tastes.

Get out while the getting is good.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Cheats never prosper.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

One good deed deserves another.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Seeing is believing.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Might is right.

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

Marriages are made in heaven.

Only fools and horses work.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

Make love not war.

Many hands make light work.

Variety is the spice of life.

It's never too late to mend.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Like father, like son.

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

The bigger, the better.

The exception which proves the rule.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Any port in a storm.

Great minds think alike.

Time will tell.

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

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

Bad money drives out good.

A good man is hard to find.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Children should be seen and not heard.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Ignorance is bliss.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

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

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Money isn't everything.

The show must go on.

A word to the wise is enough.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Everyone has their price.

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

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Grief divided is made lighter.

It takes one to know one.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Share and share alike.

Better safe than sorry.

Don't shoot the messenger.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

Tomorrow is another day.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Easy come, easy go.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Each to their own.

Youth is wasted on the young.

The Devil is in the details.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

It's all grist to the mill.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

Slow but sure.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

The truth will out.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

Haste makes waste.

Time flies.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Little pitchers have big ears.

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

Faith will move mountains.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

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

Fight the good fight.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Manners maketh the man.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

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

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

Patience is a virtue.

Nothing succeeds like success.

A house is not a home.

Silence construes consent.

Charity begins at home.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Less said, soon mended.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Life begins at forty.

Crime doesn't pay.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

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

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

Money is the root of all evil.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

No pain, no gain.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

All the world loves a lover.

All publicity is good publicity.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

While there is life, there is hope.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

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

Every stick has two ends.

You are what you eat.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Different strokes for different folks.

Misery loves company.

All you need is love.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

It's better to give than to receive.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

The customer is always right.

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

Bad news travels fast.

You can't take it with you.

A watched pot never boils.

What goes around comes around.

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

Birds of a feather flock together.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Learn to walk before you run.

Hope springs eternal.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

The best things in life are free.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Possession is nine points of the law.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

Let bygones be bygones.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

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

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

It never rains but it pours.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

All's well that ends well.

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

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

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

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

Love makes the world go round.

There's no place like home.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

God helps those who help themselves.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

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

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

Physician, heal thyself.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Let the buyer beware.

Keep your chin up.

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

Love is blind.

You reap what you sow.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Count your blessings.

Dead men tell no tales.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Less is more.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

No rest for the wicked.

A fish always rots from the head.

An man's home is his castle.

Never speak ill of the dead.

It's the singer not the song.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Look before you leap.

Clothes do not make the man.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

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

Give credit where credit is due.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Horses for courses.

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

For everything there is a season.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Time is a great healer.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

The age of miracles is past.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

East, west, home's best.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Time and tide wait for no one.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

To the victor go the spoils.

All good things come to those that wait.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Beauty is only skin deep.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

All's fair in love and war.

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

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

All roads lead to Rome.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

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

Seize the day.

Still waters run deep.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

Once a thief, always a thief.

No man is an island.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Talk is cheap.

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

Waste not, want not.

You win some, you lose some.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

He who hesitates is lost.

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

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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

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

More haste, less speed.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Good fences make good neighbours.

What can't be cured must be endured.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

First things first.

Pride comes before a fall.

The Devil looks after his own.

Two heads are better than one.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

The end justifies the means.

Virtue is its own reward.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

You are never too old to learn.

A man is known by his friends.

Live and learn.

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

What goes up must come down.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Money talks.

It takes two to tango.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

All good things must come to an end.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Shrouds have no pockets.

History repeats itself.

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

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

Revenge is sweet.

Put your best foot forward.

Cold hands, warm heart.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

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

Business before pleasure.

Forewarned is forearmed.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

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

Every dog has its day.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

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

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

Beware the Ides of March.

Money makes the world go round.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

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