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Talk is cheap.
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Boys will be boys.
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Haste makes waste.
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Time trieth truth.
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As old as the itch.
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Misery loves company.
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Youth will be served.
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Still waters run deep.
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Like mother like daughter.
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Every path has its puddle.
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The absent are always wrong.
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All is fair in love and war.
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It never rains but it pours.
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A stitch in time saves nine.
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The shortest answer is doing.
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There is honor among thieves.
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Set a thief to catch a thief.
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A burnt child dreads the fire.
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Two heads are better than one.
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Make hay while the sun shines.
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Time and tide wait for no man.
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It takes two to make a bargain.
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Too many cooks spoil the broth.
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Two wrongs do not make a right.
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Two's a company three's a crowd.
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Elbow grease is the best polish.
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He is lifeless that is faultless.
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Spare the rod and spoil the child.
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Birds of a feather flock together.
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Two wrongs can never make a right.
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Many a true word is spoken in jest.
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One man's meat is another's poison.
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It takes all sorts to make a world.
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Where there's a will there's a way.
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God gives the milk but not the pail.
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You can't get blood out of a turnip.
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Danger and delight grow on one stalk.
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A fool and his money are soon parted.
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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It's a bad bargain where nobody gains.
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Children should be seen and not heard.
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He that seeks trouble always finds it.
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It is easy to be wise after the event.
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Everyone must row with the oars he has.
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When the cat's away the mice will play.
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It's the early bird that gets the worm.
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As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
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Many things are lost for want of asking.
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The nearer the bone the sweeter the meat.
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A joy that's shared is a joy made double.
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He that has no charity deserves no mercy.
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Fools build houses and wise men buy them.
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If wishes were horses beggars might ride.
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A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner.
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One boy is more trouble than a dozen girls.
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As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
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Hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
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There's none so blind as those who won't see.
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Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
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Desperate diseases require desperate remedies.
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Vengeance is a dish that should be eaten cold.
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You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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One crow will not pick out another crow's eyes.
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A Scotch mist may wet an Englishman to the skin.
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A nimble sixpence is better than a slow shilling.
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When thieves fall out honest men come by their own.
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What is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
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A lawyer's opinion is worth nothing unless paid for.
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March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.
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He that lives in a glass house must not throw stones.
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We are usually the best men when in the worst health.
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We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
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People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
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The crow when travelling abroad came back just as black.
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There are as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.
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It is easier to catch flies with honey than with vinegar.
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Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox.
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He who despises his own life is soon master of another's.
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If February give much snow A fine Summer it doth foreshow.
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You may lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
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He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like.
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He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.
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The pitcher that goes too often to the well is broken at last.
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When a proud man hears another praised he feels himself injured.
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There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
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If you dam a river it stagnates. Running water is beautiful water.
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When they came to shoe the horses the beetle stretched out his leg.
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Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
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The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.
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He who is shipwrecked the second time cannot lay the blame on Neptune.
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If the mountain won't come to Mohammed Mohammed must go to the mountain.
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Let us agree not to step on each other's feet said the cock to the horse.
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A fool may ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years.