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There are two sides to every question.

Beware the Ides of March.

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

When in Rome, do as Romans do.

It's all grist to the mill.

A thing begun is half done.

The best things in life are free.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.

Slow and steady wins the race.

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

Charity covers a multitude of sins.

Everyone has their price.

You pays your money and you takes your choice.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.

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

Let the buyer beware.

Shrouds have no pockets.

Don't let the grass grow under your feet.

Fortune favours the brave.

Never give a sucker an even break.

Let the dead bury the dead.

The bigger, the better.

A man is known by his friends.

The Devil is in the details.

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

Bread always falls buttered side down.

If the cap fits, wear it.

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

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

Hide in plain sight.

Discretion is the better part of valour.

Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

Oil and water don't mix.

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

Enough is as good as a feast.

Two wrongs don't make a right.

For everything there is a season.

Man does not live by bread alone.

Don't change horses in midstream.

A cat has nine lives.

A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.

Fire is a good servant but a bad master.

It takes a thief to catch a thief.

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

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

Make hay while the sun shines.

Home is where the heart is.

Business before pleasure.

Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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

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

Softly, softly, catchee monkey.

Tell the truth and shame the Devil.

He who hesitates is lost.

A rising tide lifts all boats.

A problem shared is a problem halved.

Enough is enough.

One good deed deserves another.

Pearls of wisdom.

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

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.

Distance lends enchantment to the view.

Forewarned is forearmed.

First things first.

Cross the stream where it is shallowest.

Each to their own.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Wonders will never cease.

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

Might is right.

It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.

Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Good things come in small packages.

Time flies.

Moderation in all things.

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

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.

A new broom sweeps clean.

Once bitten, twice shy.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall.

While there is life, there is hope.

He who laughs last, laughs longest.

Children should be seen and not heard.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Look before you leap.

Blue are the hills that are far away.

Christmas comes but once a year.

Nine tailors make a man.

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

Even a worm will turn.

Necessity is the mother of all invention.

To err is human; to forgive divine.

If you play with fire, you will get burnt.

It takes one to know one.

Watch the doughnut, not the hole.

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

Love will find a way.

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

Money is the root of all evil.

Like father, like son.

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

You can't win them all.

Persuasion is better than force.

The customer is always right.

Penny wise and pound foolish.

East is east, and west is west.

Silence construes consent.

Learn to walk before you run.

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

Every stick has two ends.

Worrying never did anyone any good.

Physician, heal thyself.

There's no such thing as a free lunch.

Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.

Cut your coat to suit your cloth.

There's a time and a place for everything.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Two is company, but three's a crowd.

There's one born every minute.

Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.

The best is the enemy of the good.

A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.

Tomorrow is another day.

Money makes the world go round.

Laughter is the best medicine.

The Devil makes work for idle hands.

Better late than never.

Empty bags cannot stand upright.

You win some, you lose some.

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

March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.

Share and share alike.

You can't judge a book by its cover.

The apple never falls far from the tree.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

The end justifies the means.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Nothing is certain but death and taxes.

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

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

Variety is the spice of life.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

Know which side your bread is buttered.

Strike while the iron is hot.

Let bygones be bygones.

A golden key can open any door.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It takes a thief to catch a thief .

Cold hands, warm heart.

Don't bite off more than you can chew.

Virtue is its own reward.

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

When one door shuts, another opens.

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

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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

Live and learn.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

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

Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.

Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

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

Nothing new under the sun.

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

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Two heads are better than one.

The pen is mightier than sword.

An man's home is his castle.

Speak softly and carry a big stick.

Forgive and forget.

Beggars can't be choosers.

A cat may look at a king.

Quid pro quo.

The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Keep your chin up.

It's easy to be wise after the event.

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

Waste not, want not.

Live for today, for tomorrow never comes.

Spare the rod and spoil the child.

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

Slow but sure.

Failing to plan, is planning to fail.

There's safety in numbers.

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

Every dog has its day.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

There's no fool like an old fool.

Let the punishment fit the crime.

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

Seeing is believing.

Grief divided is made lighter.

Good talk saves the food.

Beat swords into ploughshares.

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

Good things come to those who wait.

Less said, soon mended.

History repeats itself.

Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.

Time is a great healer.

Out of sight, out of mind.

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

You are never too old to learn.

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

Beauty is only skin deep.

Actions speak louder than words.

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

Don't wash your dirty linen in public.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

Never go to bed on an argument.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

One swallow does not a summer make.

First come, first served.

Children and fools tell the truth.

Work expands so as to fill the time available.

Who pays the piper, calls the tune.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

A person is known by the company they keep.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Adversity makes strange bedfellows.

Less is more.

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

No man can serve two masters.

There's no place like home.

Money talks.

Easy come, easy go.

Get out while the getting is good.

It takes all sorts to make a world.

Many hands make light work.

Little pitchers have big ears.

All you need is love.

A house is not a home.

That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

Money doesn't grow on trees.

Knowledge is power.

The truth will out.

A dog is a man's best friend.

Don't get mad, get even.

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

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

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.

April showers bring forth May flowers.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Money isn't everything.

Dead men tell no tales.

Life is what you make it.

Keep your powder dry.

Walnuts and pears you plant for your heirs.

A word to the wise is enough.

A good man is hard to find.

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

All publicity is good publicity.

Any port in a storm.

Different strokes for different folks.

A bad penny always turns up.

You can't make bricks without straw.

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

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

Don't shoot the messenger.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Into every life a little rain must fall.

Truth will out.

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

No rest for the wicked.

Clothes do not make the man.

A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.

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

It's better to give than to receive.

Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.

It takes two to make a quarrel.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

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

Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

Don't cast pearls before swine.

There but for the grace of God, go I.

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

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

Nature abhors a vacuum.

Haste makes waste.

Speak as you find.

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

Stupid is as stupid does.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Where there is smoke there is fire.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

The bread always falls buttered side down.

Accidents will happen.

Birds of a feather flock together.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It's always darkest just before the dawn.

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

Life's not all beer and skittles.

Third time lucky.

Give the Devil his due.

Don't put new wine into old bottles.

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

Don't let the cat out of the bag.

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

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

It's better to travel hopefully than to arrive.

Appearances can be deceptive.

A friend in need is a friend indeed.

There's no such thing as bad publicity.

Fall seven times. Stand up eight.

Pride comes before a fall.

Every picture tells a story.

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

Make haste slowly.

You can have too much of a good thing.

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

Don't let the bastards grind you down.

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

The best-laid plans go astray.

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

Cheats never prosper.

All's well that ends well.

Talk is cheap.

It's never too late to mend.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

All roads lead to Rome.

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

Needs must when the devil drives.

In for a penny, in for a pound.

A soft answer turneth away wrath.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Brevity is the soul of wit.

No news is good news.

What can't be cured must be endured.

To every thing there is a season.

Fight fire with fire.

It's best to be on the safe side.

The early bird gets the worm.

Fair exchange is no robbery.

Live and let live.

Only fools and horses work.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.

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

The harder you work, the luckier you get.

Adversity and loss make a man wise.

There's no time like the present.

Horses for courses.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

A leopard can't change its spots.

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

You can't get blood out of a stone.

Possession is nine points of the law.

Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

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

Go the extra mile.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

Curiosity killed the cat.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.

Better safe than sorry.

The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.

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

Revenge is sweet.

It goes without saying.

If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

An army marches on its stomach.

In the midst of life we are in death.

Handsome is as handsome does.

Seek and you shall find.

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

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

A picture paints a thousand words.

The wages of sin is death.

Patience is a virtue.

Love makes the world go round.

God helps those who help themselves.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

You can't always get what you want.

Hope springs eternal.

Ask no questions and hear no lies.

You are what you eat.

Fight the good fight.

Marriages are made in heaven.

Don't throw good money after bad.

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.

A little of what you fancy does you good.

Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.

East, west, home's best.

The exception which proves the rule.

If you can't be good, be careful.

Practice what you preach.

All good things must come to an end.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.

Practice makes perfect.

Nothing succeeds like success.

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

You reap what you sow.

Don't burn your bridges behind you.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.

A fish always rots from the head.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

What goes up must come down.

The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

There's no smoke without fire.

Always put your best foot forward.

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Let not the sun go down on your wrath.

Bad news travels fast.

You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

There is no accounting for tastes.

An idle brain is the devil's workshop.

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

The Devil looks after his own.

Half a loaf is better than none.

A poor worker blames the tools.

A miss is as good as a mile.

Once a thief, always a thief.

To the victor go the spoils.

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

A prophet is not recognized in his own land.

One hand washes the other.

No man is an island.

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

Blood is thicker than water.

It never rains but it pours.

If anything can go wrong, it will.

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

Never tell tales out of school.

Don't blow your own trumpet.

Manners maketh the man.

A place for everything and everything in its place.

Don't rock the boat.

Love is blind.

The leopard does not change his spots.

All good things come to those that wait.

It takes two to tango.

Put your best foot forward.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Bad money drives out good.

Ignorance is bliss.

All the world loves a lover.

All things must pass.

Tomorrow never comes.

Hindsight is twenty-twenty.

Let well alone.

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

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

Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Life begins at forty.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever.

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

Life is just a bowl of cherries.

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

Honesty is the best policy.

No pain, no gain.

The longest journey starts with a single step.

Too many cooks spoil the broth.

Time and tide wait for no one.

The show must go on.

There is honour among thieves.

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

As you sow, so you shall reap.

Between two stools one falls to the ground.

Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.

The age of miracles is past.

Fine words butter no parsnips.

Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan.

Another day, another dollar.

The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.

Attack is the best form of defence.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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

One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.

Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.

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

The more the merrier.

There are plenty more fish in the sea.

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

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

Set a thief to catch a thief.

If you build it, they will come.

Opposites attract.

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

Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Marry in haste, repent at leisure.

Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.

The truth will out.

Great minds think alike.

What goes around comes around.

Crime doesn't pay.

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

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

Might is right.

Walls have ears.

Time will tell.

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

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Time is money.

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