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There are plenty more fish in the sea.

The best defence is a good offence.

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

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

There's safety in numbers.

Pearls of wisdom.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Cold hands, warm heart.

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

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

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

Waste not, want not.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

It takes one to know one.

Opposites attract.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Don't meet troubles half-way.

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

Love makes the world go round.

While there is life, there is hope.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

Never go to bed on an argument.

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

There but for the grace of God, go I.

The best-laid plans go astray.

Don't rock the boat.

Youth is wasted on the young.

Give credit where credit is due.

A leopard can't change its spots.

There's no smoke without fire.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Money talks.

Might is right.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Speak as you find.

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

Time is a great healer.

Grief divided is made lighter.

A house is not a home.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Life is what you make it.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Bad news travels fast.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

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

Slow and steady wins the race.

Small things amuse small minds.

First things first.

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

The best things in life are free.

You can't make bricks without straw.

Seeing is believing.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

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

Time is money.

Make hay while the sun shines.

Everyone has their price.

The age of miracles is past.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Don't sweat the small stuff.

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

The early bird gets the worm.

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

In the midst of life we are in death.

Finders keepers, losers weepers.

Home is where the heart is.

Life begins at forty.

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

Clothes do not make the man.

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

It's never too late to mend.

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

You can have too much of a good thing.

Charity begins at home.

Curiosity killed the cat.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Make haste slowly.

All good things come to those that wait.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Let the buyer beware.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Learn to walk before you run.

There is honour among thieves.

Knowledge is power.

Let the dead bury the dead.

Don't change horses in midstream.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

First impressions are the most lasting.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

You can't always get what you want.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Virtue is its own reward.

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

There's no place like home.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Actions speak louder than words.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Don't mix business with pleasure.

Live and let live.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Another day, another dollar.

All that glitters is not gold.

No man can serve two masters.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

Haste makes waste.

Once bitten, twice shy.

Attack is the best form of defence.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

Good things come in small packages.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

Laughter is the best medicine.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

Talk is cheap.

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

Always put your best foot forward.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Barking dogs seldom bite.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

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

The end justifies the means.

It goes without saying.

Half a loaf is better than none.

All publicity is good publicity.

Faith will move mountains.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

An man's home is his castle.

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

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

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

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

There are two sides to every question.

Don't shoot the messenger.

If the cap fits, wear it.

Nothing new under the sun.

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

What goes around comes around.

What can't be cured must be endured.

Hide in plain sight.

A miss is as good as a mile.

A man is known by his friends.

You are what you eat.

Time and tide wait for no one.

Hope springs eternal.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

There's a time and a place for everything.

Little strokes fell great oaks.

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

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

Beggars can't be choosers.

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

Slow but sure.

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

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

Easy come, easy go.

Oil and water don't mix.

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

To err is human; to forgive divine.

History repeats itself.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

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

There's no fool like an old fool.

There's an exception to every rule.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Keep your chin up.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

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

Look before you leap.

God helps those who help themselves.

A word to the wise is enough.

Nature abhors a vacuum.

More haste, less speed.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

No man is an island.

Seize the day.

All's well that ends well.

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

Never speak ill of the dead.

Love of money is the root of all evil.

You can't take it with you.

Fortune favours the brave.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Forgive and forget.

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

Patience is a virtue.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

The Devil has all the best tunes.

Third time lucky.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

Hard work never did anyone any harm.

A bad penny always turns up.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

Life's not all beer and skittles.

It takes two to tango.

Two heads are better than one.

Better safe than sorry.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

To the victor go the spoils.

Seek and you shall find.

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

Practice what you preach.

Every stick has two ends.

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

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Good talk saves the food.

One swallow does not a summer make.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

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

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

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Like father, like son.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

A person is known by the company they keep.

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

The Devil is in the details.

A good man is hard to find.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

Enough is as good as a feast.

A watched pot never boils.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Truth will out.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

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

Beat swords into ploughshares.

Paddle your own canoe.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

One good deed deserves another.

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

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

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

Crime doesn't pay.

If you build it, they will come.

Money isn't everything.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

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

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

Silence construes consent.

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

Only the good die young.

The bottom line is the bottom line.

One hand washes the other.

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

It never rains but it pours.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

East, west, home's best.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

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

The bigger, the better.

Any port in a storm.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

A stitch in time saves nine.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

No news is good news.

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

The leopard does not change his spots.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

Nine tailors make a man.

All's fair in love and war.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

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

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Variety is the spice of life.

You win some, you lose some.

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

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Less said, soon mended.

Money is the root of all evil.

Each to their own.

Bread always falls buttered side down.

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

Wonders will never cease.

Give the Devil his due.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

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

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

Many hands make light work.

Time will tell.

It's best to be on the safe side.

Go the extra mile.

Big fish eat little fish.

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

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

Fight fire with fire.

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

It's the singer not the song.

Only fools and horses work.

Silence is golden.

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

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

The pen is mightier than sword.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

You are never too old to learn.

Procrastination is the thief of time.

An empty vessel makes much noise.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Every dog has its day.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Don't put the cart before the horse.

All you need is love.

Walls have ears.

As you sow, so you shall reap.

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

If you can't be good, be careful.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Time flies.

Quid pro quo.

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

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

There's one born every minute.

There is no accounting for tastes.

Feed a cold and starve a fever.

The wages of sin is death.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

No pain, no gain.

A good beginning makes a good ending.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

When one door shuts, another opens.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

Shrouds have no pockets.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

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

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Nothing succeeds like success.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Don't get mad, get even.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Needs must when the devil drives.

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

Love is blind.

There's no time like the present.

Appearances can be deceptive.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

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

Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

Never tell tales out of school.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Put your best foot forward.

Moderation in all things.

Tomorrow is another day.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Even a worm will turn.

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

First come, first served.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

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

Great oaks from little acorns grow.

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

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Don't upset the apple-cart.

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

Tomorrow never comes.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

Good fences make good neighbours.

Blood is thicker than water.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

Great minds think alike.

Out of sight, out of mind.

A thing begun is half done.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

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

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

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

One volunteer is worth ten pressed men.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Cheats never prosper.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

You reap what you sow.

Money makes the world go round.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

When the cat's away the mice will play.

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

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

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Business before pleasure.

Better late than never.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

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

For everything there is a season.

Good things come to those who wait.

Let well alone.

Different strokes for different folks.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

What goes up must come down.

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

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

A fish always rots from the head.

Accidents will happen.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

East is east, and west is west.

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

Count your blessings.

Honesty is the best policy.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

The customer is always right.

Why keep a dog and bark yourself?

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

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

Pride comes before a fall.

Flattery will get you nowhere.

All things must pass.

The more the merrier.

Forewarned is forearmed.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Revenge is sweet.

Love thy neighbour as thyself.

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

A cat may look at a king.

Never give a sucker an even break.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

The exception which proves the rule.

Love will find a way.

Share and share alike.

Once a thief, always a thief.

The Devil looks after his own.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Enough is enough.

Physician, heal thyself.

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

Manners maketh the man.

Less is more.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

Live and learn.

People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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