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 ( It is ) never too late to repent
 ( One is ) never too old to learn
 ( The ) meek shall inherit the earth
 A bad workman always blames his tools
 A bird in hand is worth two in the bush
 A burnt child dreads fire
 A cat may look at a king
 A chain is no stronger than its weakest link
 A chicken and egg question
 A closed mouth catches no flies
 A constant guest is never welcome
 A contented mind is a perpetual feast
 A drowning man will clutch at a straw
 A fool and his money are soon parted
 A friend in need is a friend indeed
 A friend to all is a friend to none
 A good beginning makes a good ending
 A good name is better than riches
 A good name is sooner lost than won
 A great talker is a great liar
 A house divided against itself cannot stand
 A hungry man is an angry man
 A job worth doing is a job worth doing well
 A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
 A leopard cannot change its spots
 A light purse makes a heavy heart
 A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
 A loaded wagon makes no noise
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 A man is as old as he feels
 A man is known by the company he keeps
 A man is ruled by his passions
 A man's home is his castle
 A miss is as good as a mile
 A new broom sweeps clean
 A nod is as good as a wink
 A penny saved is a penny gained
 A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison
 A rolling stone gathers no moss
 A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet
 A small leak will sink a great ship
 A stitch in time saves nine
 A straw will show which way the wind blows
 A thing of beauty is a joy forever
 A trouble shared is a trouble halved
 A watched pot never boils
 A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never
 A word spoken is past recalling
 A word to the wise is enough
 Absence makes the heart grow fonder
 Actions speak louder than words
 Advice most needed is least heeded
 After a storm, comes a calm
 All for one and one for all
 All good things come to an end
 All that glitters is not gold
 All the world loves a lover
 All things come to him who waits
 All's fair in love and war
 All's fish that comes the net
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 All's well that ends well
 An apple a day keeps the doctor away
 An army marches on its stomach
 An empty bag will not stand upright
 An exception to the rule
 An idle brain is the devil's workshop
 An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
 An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure
 Any time means no time
 Appearances are deceptive
 April showers bring May flowers
 As soon as a man is born, he begins to die
 As you make your bed so must you lie on it
 As you sow, so you shall reap
 Ask no questions and hear no lies
 Avoid evil and it will avoid thee
 Bad is never good until worse happens
 Bad news travels fast
 Barking dogs seldom bite
 Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it
 Be on the safe side
 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
 Beauty is only skin-deep
 Beggars can't be choosers
 Behind every successful man is a woman
 Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all
 Better be safe than sorry
 Better late than never
 Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
 Better to be alone than in bad company
 Better to die with honor than live with shame
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 Between a rock and a hard place
 Between the devil and the deep sea
 Birds of a feather flock together
 Bite off more than one can chew
 Bitter pills may have blessed effects
 Blood is thicker than water
 Books and friends should be few but good
 Boys will be boys
 Brain is better than brawn
 Bread always falls buttered-side down
 Brevity is the soul of wit
 Burn the candle at both ends
 Business before pleasure
 Buy a pig in a poke
 By timely mending save much spending
 Call a spade a spade
 Catch as catch can
 Catch not at the shadow and lose the substance
 Chance favors the prepared mind
 Charity begins at home
 Cheapest is dearest
 Children should be seen and not heard
 Christmas comes but once each year
 Cleanliness is next to Godliness
 Clothes make the man
 Comparisons are odious
 Confessed faults are half-mended
 Courtesy costs nothing
 Cowards die many deaths
 Crime does not pay
 Cross the stream where it is shallowest
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 Cry over spilled milk
 Curiosity killed the cat
 Curses are like chickens, they come home to roost
 Cut off your nose to spite your face
 Cut your coat according to your cloth
 Danger and delight grow on the same stalk
 Dead men tell no lies
 Death is the great leveler
 Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves
 Desperate times call for desperate measures
 Different strokes for different talks
 Diligence is the mother of good fortune
 Discretion is the better part of valour
 Distance lends enchantment to the view
 Divide and rule
 Do as I saw, and not as I do
 Do not cross a bridge till you come to it
 Do not have too many irons in the fire
 Do not ride the high horse
 Do unto others as you would others do unto you
 Doctors make the worst patients
 Dog eat dog
 Don't count your chickens before they are hatched
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fool me twice, shame on me
 Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
 Forgive and forget
 Fortune knocks once at every man's door
 Fretting cares make grey hairs
 Garbage in, garbage out
 Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you
feed him for a lifetime
 Give and take is fair play
 Give credit where credit is due
 Give him an inch and he'll want a yard
 Give someone enough rope and he will hang himself
 Give the devil his due
 Go from the sublime to the ridiculous
 God helps those who help themselves
 Good fences make good neighbors
 Good wine needs no bush
 Goodness is better than beauty
 Grasp all, lose all
 Great haste makes great waste
 Great minds think alike
 Great talkers are little doers
 Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree
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 Grin and bear it
 Habit is second nature
 Half a loaf is better than none
 Happy wife, happy life
 Hard words break no bones
 Haste makes waste
 Have an old head on young shoulders
 Have eyes in the back of one's head
 He is rich who owes nothing
 He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes
 He knows most who speaks last
 He laughs best who laughs last
 He that goes a-borrowing, goes a -sorrowing
 He that is master of himself, will soon be master of masters
 He that knows nothing, doubts nothing
 He that plants thorns must never expect to gather roses
 He who dares, wins
 He who fails to prepare, prepares to fail
 He who hesitates is lost
 He who knows does not speak
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Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
 The wish is father to the thought
 There are no endings, only new beginnings
 There are no small parts, only small actors
 There only only twenty-four hours in a day
 There is a time and a place for everything
 There is many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip
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 There is many at a true word that is spoken in jest
 There is no fool like an old fool
 There no honor among thieves
 There is no point arguing with the barrel of a gun
 There is no such thing as a free lunch
 There is no venom like that of the tongue
 There is nothing new under the sun
 There is one law for the rich, and another for the poor
 There is safety in numbers
 They who dance must pay the fiddler
 Think before you speak
 Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
 Time cures all things
 Time flies
 Time is a great healer
 Time is money
 Time the deed to the need
 To understand all is to forgive all
 Tomorrow is another day
 Tomorrow never comes
 Try not to become a man of success but a man of value
 Two things prolong your life: a quiet heart and a loving wife
 Unity is strength
 United we stand, divided we fall
 Virtue is its own reward
 Walls have ears, shoes have tongues
 We never miss the water till the well is dry
 What goes around, comes around
 What goes up must come down
 What is learnt in the cradle lasts to the tomb
 What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander
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 What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
 What you sow is what you reap
 When one sows the wind one reaps the whirlwind
 When the going gets tough, the tough get going
 Wilful waste makes woeful want
 Winning isn't everything
 You can't have things both ways
 You can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs
 You can't please everyone
 You can't shoe a running horse
 You could go a lot further and fare a lot worse
 You need to bait the hook to catch the fish
 You will never know till you have tried it
 You win some, you lose some
 Youth and age will never agree
 A leopard doesn't change its spot
 As the twig is bent so the tree is inclined
 Forewarned is forearmed
 Misery makes strange bedfellows

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