Proverbs

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A bad workman quarrels with his tools. A black hen lays a white egg. A blind leader of the blind. A cat in gloves catches no mice. A civil denial is better than a rude grant. A clean fast is better than a dirty breakfast. A fool at forty is a fool indeed. A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. A forced kindness deserves no thanks. A friend to all is a friend to none. A good deed is never lost. A good face is a letter of recommendation A good wife makes a good husband. A guilty conscience needs no accuser. A Jack of all trades is master of none. A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. A little body often harbours a great soul. All is fish that comes to his net. An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of learning. An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold. As old as the hills. As you sow, so shall you reap. Be swift to hear, slow to speak. Beggars cannot be choosers. Better lose a jest than a friend. Better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Better die standing than live kneeling. Beware of a silent dog and still water. Borrowed garments never fit well. By doing nothing we learn to do ill. Cheapest is the dearest. Children are poor men's riches. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Company in distress makes trouble less. Confession is the first step to repentance.

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Cut your coat according to your cloth. Death when it comes will have no denial. Diseases are the interests of pleasures. Doing is better than saying. Don't cross the bridges before you come to them. Don't whistle (halloo) until you are out of the wood. Each bird loves to hear himself sing. Empty vessels make the greatest (the most) sound. Envy shoots at others and wounds herself. Every bird likes its own nest. Every country has its customs. Every dark cloud has a silver lining. Every day is not Sunday. Everything is good in its season. Fair words break no bones. Far from eye, far from heart. Fine feathers make fine birds. First deserve and then desire. Fools grow without watering. For the love of the game. Fortune favors the brave (the bold). Friends are thieves of time. From pillar to post. Give a fool rope enough, and he will hang himself. Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. Good masters make good servants. Good health is above wealth. Great talkers are little doers. Half a loaf is better than no bread. Happy is he that is happy in his children. Hatred is blind, as well as love. He carries fire in one hand and water in the other. He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs. He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue. He lives long that lives well. He laughs best who laughs last. He that has an ill name is half hanged. He that has no children knows not what love is. He that promises too much means nothing.

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He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages. He that talks much lies much. He that will steal an egg will steal an ox. He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet. He works best who knows his trade. Health is not valued till sickness comes. Honey is sweet, but the bee stings. Honours change manners. Idle folks lack no excuses. If an ass (donkey) bray at you, don't bray at him. If there were no clouds, we should not enjoy the sun If you try to please all you will please none. It is a long lane that has no turning. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. It is never too late to learn. It never rains but it pours. Judge not of men and things at first sight. Keep a thing seven years and you will find a use for it. Learn to creep before you leap. Least said, soonest mended. Let bygones be bygones. Lies have short legs. Life is not a bed of roses. Like father, like son. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Little strokes fell great oaks. Little thieves are hanged, but great ones escape. Look before you leap. Love cannot be forced. Make haste slowly. Many a fine dish has nothing on it. Many hands make light work. Many words hurt more than swords. Marriages are made in heaven. Mend or end. Muck and money go together. Neither here nor there. Never fry a fish till it's caught. Never try to prove what nobody doubts. No garden without its weeds.

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No joy without alloy. No man is wise at all times. None but the brave deserve the fair. Of two evils choose the least. Old friends and old wine are best. One fire drives out another. One today is worth two tomorrow. Opportunity makes the thief. Patience is a plaster for all sores. Pleasure has a sting in its tail. Poverty is no sin. Praise is not pudding. Promise little, but do much. Rain at seven, fine at eleven. Repentance is good, but innocence is better. Roll my log and I will roll yours. Score twice before you cut once. Self-done is well done Self is a bad counselor. Set a thief to catch a thief. Silence gives consent. Sink or swim! Slow but sure. So many men, so many minds. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. Speech is silver but silence is gold. Such carpenters, such chips. Tastes differ. That which one least anticipates soonest comes to pass. The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream. The cobbler should stick to his last. The darkest hour is that before the dawn. The devil lurks behind the cross. The dogs bark, but the caravan goes on. The face is the index of the mind. The falling out of lovers is the renewing of love. The first blow is half the battle. The leopard cannot change its spots. The tailor makes the man. The heart that once truly loves never forgets. The voice of one man is the voice of no one. There is no fire without smoke. There is no place like home. There is no rule without an exception. Time and tide wait for no man.

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Time is the great healer. To angle with a silver hook To add fuel (oil) to the fire (flames). To build a fire under oneself. To call off the dogs. To come out with clean hands. To drop a bucket into an empty well. To fight with one's own shadow. To get out of bed on the wrong side. To hit the nail on the head. To know what's what To plough the sand. To put off till Doomsday. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. To stick to somebody like a leech. To teach the dog to bark. To throw dust in somebody's eyes. To weep over an onion. To wash one's dirty linen in public. Tomorrow come never. Too much knowledge makes the head bald. Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow. Two blacks do not make a white. Virtue is its own reward. Walls have ears. We know not what is good until we have lost it. What can't be cured, must be endured. What is done by night appears by day. Too many cooks spoil the broth. Truth is stranger than fiction. Wealth is nothing without health. What is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh. What is lost is lost. When Queen Anne was alive. When three know it, all know it. While there is life there is hope. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet. Words pay no debts. You cannot flay the same ox twice. You cannot teach old dogs new tricks. Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse.