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Forgive and forget.
The course of true love never did run smooth.
Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.
A leopard can't change its spots.
The customer is always right.
Don't cast pearls before swine.
Great minds think alike.
Clothes do not make the man.
While there is life, there is hope.
Waste not, want not.
Beat swords into ploughshares.
The truth will out.
There are more ways of killing a cat than choking it with cream.
Let the buyer beware.
Hide in plain sight.
Still waters run deep.
Marriages are made in heaven.
Fish and guests smell after three days.
Every picture tells a story.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
First come, first served.
Let not the sun go down on your wrath.
An idle brain is the devil's workshop.
All good things come to those that wait.
First impressions are the most lasting.
There's none so deaf as those who will not hear.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
Why keep a dog and bark yourself?
Don't leave your manners on the doorstep.
Faith will move mountains.
East, west, home's best.
Give the Devil his due.
Fight fire with fire.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Talk is cheap.
Bread always falls buttered side down.
Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
There is many a good tune played on an old fiddle.
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing.
One swallow does not a summer make.
Set a thief to catch a thief.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Between two stools one falls to the ground.
Share and share alike.
Laughter is the best medicine.
Faint heart never won fair lady.
If you can't be good, be careful.
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
A good man is hard to find.
You can't always get what you want.
The best-laid plans go astray.
Forewarned is forearmed.
All's fair in love and war.
It takes all sorts to make a world.
Quid pro quo.
Life begins at forty.
Haste makes waste.
Let bygones be bygones.
It's better to be poor and healthy, than sick and wealthy.
He who hesitates is lost.
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
Money is the root of all evil.
For everything there is a season.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Keep your powder dry.
Spare the rod and spoil the child.
Hard work never did anyone any harm.
Never tell tales out of school.
Learn to walk before you run.
The Devil is in the details.
Life's not all beer and skittles.
It's best to be on the safe side.
Be slow in choosing, but slower in changing.
There's no fool like an old fool.
Don't mix business with pleasure.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Manners maketh the man.
Wonders will never cease.
Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it.
The bigger, the better.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world.
Curiosity killed the cat.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
All good things must come to an end.
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face.
All roads lead to Rome.
Rain before seven, fine before eleven.
The leopard does not change his spots.
As you sow, so you shall reap.
Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
To live by the sword is to die by the sword.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Children and fools tell the truth.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Love will find a way.
When the cat's away the mice will play.
Fire is a good servant but a bad master.
A place for everything and everything in its place.
Make haste slowly.
Go the extra mile.
Bad money drives out good.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
The darkest hour is just before the dawn.
Only fools and horses work.
Patience is a virtue.
It's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Nine tailors make a man.
No news is good news.
Ask no questions and hear no lies.
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.
There's one born every minute.
Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die.
What goes up must come down.
Ignorance is bliss.
Never speak ill of the dead.
Christmas comes but once a year.
It takes two to tango.
Love is blind.
Fair exchange is no robbery.
An empty vessel makes much noise.
A soft answer turneth away wrath.
Slow but sure.
Seeing is believing.
Little strokes fell great oaks.
Walls have ears.
An eye for an eye; a tooth for a tooth.
Tell the truth and shame the Devil.
Time and tide wait for no one.
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers.
There but for the grace of God, go I.
A person is known by the company they keep.
You can't win them all.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Less said, soon mended.
More haste, less speed.
A rising tide lifts all boats.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Don't keep a dog and bark yourself.
He who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day.
It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
It takes a thief to catch a thief .
Don't put new wine into old bottles.
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Two heads are better than one.
Give them an inch and they'll take a mile.
There are two sides to every question.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Revenge is sweet.
Always put your best foot forward.
Money makes the world go round.
Horses for courses.
If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
History repeats itself.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
There is one law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Tomorrow never comes.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Stupid is as stupid does.
Dead men tell no tales.
A bad penny always turns up.
Speak as you find.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Once a thief, always a thief.
There's no time like the present.
A picture paints a thousand words.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Don't throw good money after bad.
Ashes to ashes; dust to dust.
It ain't over, till it's over.
Don't sweat the small stuff.
You can't make bricks without straw.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Into every life a little rain must fall.
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
The bread always falls buttered side down.
Don't let the cat out of the bag.
Blue are the hills that are far away.
One person's trash is another person's treasure.
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
Misery loves company.
See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
Cut your coat to suit your cloth.
It's better to wear out, than to rust.
Parsley seed goes nine times to the Devil.
Everyone has their price.
In the kingdom of the blind the one eyed man is king.
If ifs and ands were pots and pans there'd be no work for tinkers.
Don't test the depth of water with both feet.
Don't wash your dirty linen in public.
Ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
There are none so blind as those, that will not see.
A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for his client.
Cowards die many times before their deaths.
Knowledge is power.
Charity begins at home.
Don't let the grass grow under your feet.
Where there's a will, there's a way.
Cheats never prosper.
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.
Opposites attract.
You pays your money and you takes your choice.
Get out while the getting is good.
Persuasion is better than force.
Pride comes before a fall.
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Youth is wasted on the young.
The early bird gets the worm.
Man does not live by bread alone.
Everyone is the architect of their own destiny.
You can't run with the hare, and hunt with the hounds.
Cold hands, warm heart.
Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
All the world loves a lover.
Only the good die young.
There's an exception to every rule.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
A ship in the harbour is safe, but that is not what a ship is for.
A dog is a man's best friend.
Let the punishment fit the crime.
Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Life is what you make it.
There's safety in numbers.
The shoemaker's son always goes barefoot.
Time flies.
You win some, you lose some.
Every dog has its day.
You can't take it with you.
One half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
A word to the wise is enough.
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
It's an ill wind that blows no one any good.
There is no accounting for tastes.
There's no smoke without fire.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Big fish eat little fish.
One good deed deserves another.
Never give a sucker an even break.
Many hands make light work.
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Don't blow your own trumpet.
Fall seven times. Stand up eight.
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Distance lends enchantment to the view.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Seek and you shall find.
If at first you don't succeed try, try and try again.
Talk of the Devil, and he is bound to appear.
Different strokes for different folks.
Grief divided is made lighter.
Enough is as good as a feast.
Let well alone.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
You can't fit a round peg in a square hole.
Jack of all trades, master of none.
The end justifies the means.
Watch the doughnut, not the hole.
Necessity is the mother of all invention.
Time is money.
It goes without saying.
Attack is the best form of defence.
Good fences make good neighbours.
The Devil makes work for idle hands.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.
Possession is nine points of the law.
Silence is golden.
What goes around comes around.
Accidents will happen.
Variety is the spice of life.
Love thy neighbour as thyself.
A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die.
Marry in haste, repent at leisure.
To every thing there is a season.
Don't change horses in midstream.
To the victor go the spoils.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
East is east, and west is west.
There's none so blind as those who will not see.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
A watched pot never boils.
Failing to plan, is planning to fail.
Don't get mad, get even.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
The best is the enemy of the good.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
Two wrongs don't make a right.
Children should be seen and not heard.
Where there is smoke there is fire.
They that sow the wind, shall reap the whirlwind.
To err is human; to forgive divine.
Blood is thicker than water.
Honesty is the best policy.
A man is known by his friends.
Rome wasn't built in a day.
You can't judge a book by its cover.
The best defence is a good offence.
Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
A journey of thousand miles begins with a single step.
The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.
A cat has nine lives.
A problem shared is a problem halved.
Hope springs eternal.
Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Like father, like son.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.
Third time lucky.
Easy come, easy go.
No pain, no gain.
The apple never falls far from the tree.
Every stick has two ends.
The Devil has all the best tunes.
Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
Work expands so as to fill the time available.
Don't spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.
The more the merrier.
Life is just a bowl of cherries.
From the sublime to the ridiculous is only one step.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Money talks.
Don't teach your Grandma to suck eggs.
Oil and water don't mix.
A good beginning makes a good ending.
Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
A miss is as good as a mile.
Opportunity never knocks twice at any man's door.
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
It's better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
A house is not a home.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Good things come in small packages.
If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
Time will tell.
A house divided against itself cannot stand.
What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't want.
Paddle your own canoe.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Crime doesn't pay.
Better the Devil you know than the Devil you don't.
Enough is enough.
Don't shoot the messenger.
Handsome is as handsome does.
It's all grist to the mill.
You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.
Once bitten, twice shy.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
No rest for the wicked.
Live and let live.
A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men.
Blessed are the peacemakers.
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.
Actions speak louder than words.
Beauty is only skin deep.
Keep your chin up.
If a job is worth doing, it's worth doing well.
What can't be cured must be endured.
'tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.
First things first.
A prophet is not recognized in his own land.
Silence construes consent.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
One year's seeding makes seven years weeding.
If you build it, they will come.
Don't rock the boat.
All publicity is good publicity.
There's a time and a place for everything.
Needs must when the devil drives.
Give someone enough rope and they will hang themself.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Practice what you preach.
It's no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Each to their own.
It takes one to know one.
Physician, heal thyself.
Look before you leap.
Count your blessings.
The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
A cat may look at a king.
The Devil looks after his own.
The pen is mightier than sword.
It's never too late to mend.
Love of money is the root of all evil.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Appearances can be deceptive.
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
Truth will out.
Cheaters never win and winners never cheat.
Less is more.
The show must go on.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Practice makes perfect.
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind horse.
If you can't stand the heat get out of the kitchen.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
A poor worker blames the tools.
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Money isn't everything.
Worrying never did anyone any good.
If the cap fits, wear it.
March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.
The best things in life are free.
Might is right.
Who pays the piper, calls the tune.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Put your best foot forward.
Good things come to those who wait.
Give credit where credit is due.
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Even a worm will turn.
Little pitchers have big ears.
Nothing new under the sun.
Many are called, but few are chosen.
Never go to bed on an argument.
If you play with fire, you will get burnt.
An army marches on its stomach.
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
Time is a great healer.
Better late than never.
The harder you work, the luckier you get.
Jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.
Better safe than sorry.
It's easy to be wise after the event.
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip.
April showers bring forth May flowers.
There's no such thing as bad publicity.
Fortune favours the brave.
It never rains but it pours.
Any port in a storm.
An man's home is his castle.
Small things amuse small minds.
Fine words butter no parsnips.
One hand washes the other.
There's no place like home.
Don't let the bastards grind you down.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
All things must pass.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
One law for the rich and another law for the poor.
Let the dead bury the dead.
Out of sight, out of mind.
The exception which proves the rule.
Charity covers a multitude of sins.
Make love not war.
The wages of sin is death.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Truth is stranger than fiction.
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
In the midst of life we are in death.
No man is an island.
All roads lead to Rome.
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Live and learn.
Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.
You can't get blood out of a stone.
Moderation in all things.
There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Don't cross a bridge until you come to it.
Beware the Ides of March.
While the cat's away, the mice will play.
Virtue is its own reward.
All's well that ends well.
When one door shuts, another opens.
Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Two is company, but three's a crowd.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
The price of liberty is eternal vigilance.
He who laughs last, laughs longest.
Don't burn your bridges behind you.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
God helps those who help themselves.
Nothing succeeds like success.
Adversity and loss make a man wise.

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