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Better late than never.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Strike while the iron is hot.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Let the buyer beware.

Dead men tell no tales.

Nothing new under the sun.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

All publicity is good publicity.

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

All's fair in love and war.

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

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Make love not war.

All good things come to those that wait.

You are what you eat.

Only the good die young.

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

Look before you leap.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

Cheats never prosper.

Give credit where credit is due.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Better safe than sorry.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

One hand washes the other.

There's an exception to every rule.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

The exception which proves the rule.

You can't take it with you.

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

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

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

Clothes do not make the man.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Beware the Ides of March.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

Man does not live by bread alone.

The Devil looks after his own.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't shoot the messenger.

The truth will out.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Talk is cheap.

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

Possession is nine points of the law.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Slow and steady wins the race.

Get out while the getting is good.

It's better to give than to receive.

It goes without saying.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Haste makes waste.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Pearls of wisdom.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Time will tell.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Good things come in small packages.

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

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

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

Love is blind.

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

Practice makes perfect.

The customer is always right.

The Devil is in the details.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

A thing begun is half done.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Still waters run deep.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

It's never too late to mend.

All good things must come to an end.

It's all grist to the mill.

Virtue is its own reward.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

You can't always get what you want.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

The bread always falls buttered side down.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Manners maketh the man.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

The best things in life are free.

Slow but sure.

Third time lucky.

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

Small things amuse small minds.

Forgive and forget.

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

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Little pitchers have big ears.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Never speak ill of the dead.

Paddle your own canoe.

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

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

Many are called, but few are chosen.

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

Give the Devil his due.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Don't rock the boat.

In the midst of life we are in death.

There is honour among thieves.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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

A cat has nine lives.

The age of miracles is past.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Tomorrow never comes.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

Any port in a storm.

Let bygones be bygones.

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

A miss is as good as a mile.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

A picture paints a thousand words.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Moderation in all things.

Ignorance is bliss.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

Truth is stranger than fiction.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

You reap what you sow.

Less said, soon mended.

No rest for the wicked.

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

You can't see the forest for the trees.

You can't win them all.

Money talks.

Don't get mad, get even.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Might is right.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Oil and water don't mix.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Put your best foot forward.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

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

First come, first served.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

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

A good man is hard to find.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The more the merrier.

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

Love will find a way.

There are two sides to every question.

The early bird gets the worm.

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

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Everyone has their price.

A bad penny always turns up.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

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

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

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Tomorrow is another day.

What goes around comes around.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Charity begins at home.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

No pain, no gain.

Variety is the spice of life.

Attack is the best form of defence.

It takes one to know one.

Horses for courses.

First impressions are the most lasting.

Children should be seen and not heard.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Business before pleasure.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Seeing is believing.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

It takes two to tango.

Let well alone.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

There's no time like the present.

Seize the day.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Share and share alike.

Nine tailors make a man.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Truth will out.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Beauty is only skin deep.

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

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

Walls have ears.

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

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

Every dog has its day.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

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

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Accidents will happen.

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Silence is golden.

The pen is mightier than sword.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

All roads lead to Rome.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

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

No man is an island.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Make haste slowly.

There's a time and a place for everything.

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

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

Learn to walk before you run.

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

You can have too much of a good thing.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

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

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

All that glitters is not gold.

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

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

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

A man is known by his friends.

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

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

Each to their own.

You are never too old to learn.

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

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Waste not, want not.

Time flies.

Life is what you make it.

Bad news travels fast.

All things must pass.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

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

East is east, and west is west.

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

Keep your chin up.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Opposites attract.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

No man can serve two masters.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Practice what you preach.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

A cat may look at a king.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Physician, heal thyself.

Revenge is sweet.

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

Keep your powder dry.

Knowledge is power.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

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

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

The wages of sin is death.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

Hope springs eternal.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Different strokes for different folks.

All the world loves a lover.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

What goes up must come down.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Birds of a feather flock together.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Bad money drives out good.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

Live and let live.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

A house is not a home.

Count your blessings.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Misery loves company.

Persuasion is better than force.

There's no smoke without fire.

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

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

April showers bring forth May flowers.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

The end justifies the means.

All's well that ends well.

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

Love of money is the root of all evil.

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Patience is a virtue.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

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

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

Easy come, easy go.

A fish always rots from the head.

Big fish eat little fish.

East, west, home's best.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

A watched pot never boils.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Honesty is the best policy.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

There's safety in numbers.

Even a worm will turn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

A leopard can't change its spots.

Good things come to those who wait.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

Money isn't everything.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

It never rains but it pours.

Seek and you shall find.

Many hands make light work.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Fight fire with fire.

Time is a great healer.

All you need is love.

You can't get blood out of a stone.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Only fools and horses work.

The best is the enemy of the good.

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

The bigger, the better.

Like father, like son.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

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

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Stupid is as stupid does.

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

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

It's the singer not the song.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

A stitch in time saves nine.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

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

Don't meet troubles half-way.

Enough is enough.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Great minds think alike.

Every picture tells a story.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Half a loaf is better than none.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

He who hesitates is lost.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

More haste, less speed.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

It's best to be on the safe side.

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

There's no place like home.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Crime doesn't pay.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

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

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

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

Live and learn.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

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

A poor worker blames the tools.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Life begins at forty.

The best defence is a good offence.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Once a thief, always a thief.

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

Faith will move mountains.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Silence construes consent.

Love makes the world go round.

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

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

Never go to bed on an argument.

Out of sight, out of mind.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Pride comes before a fall.

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