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A cheerful wife is the spice of life
A good mind possesses a kingdom
A good name is the best of all treasures
The apple never falls far from the tree
Advice most needed is least heeded
Advisers run no risks
All are not thieves that the dogs bark at
All's fair in love and war
All are not friends that speak us fair
All roads lead to Rome
All things come to those who wait
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
An army marches on its stomach
March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers
As you make your bed, so you must lie on it
A hedge between keeps friends green
A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Actions speak louder than words
A friend in need is a friend indeed
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet
All for one and one for all
All good things must come to an end
All's well that ends well
All that glisters is not gold
A staff is quickly found to beat a dog
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
As the old cock crows, so crows the young
Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies
A rotten apple injures its neighbors
Bad news travels fast
A bad penny always turns up
A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it
Well begun is half done
A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow
Bend the willow while it is youn
The best things come in small packages
The best things in life are free
Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow
Better is the enemy of good
Big thunder, little rain
Better late than never
Better safe than sorry
Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves
Birds of a feather flock together
Bitter pills may have blessed effects
Blood is thicker than water
Beauty is in the eyes of the beholde
A bad workman blames his tools
Barking dogs seldom bite
Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes
Beggars can't be choosers
The belly has no ears
Better to be alone than in bad company
Better the devil you know (than the devil you don't)
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword
Bloom where you are planted
Boys will be boys
Brag is a good Dog, but Holdfast is a better
A broken watch is right two times a day
A burnt child dreads the fire
By hook or by crook
The calm (comes) before the storm
A cat may look at a king
Clothes make the man
The customer is always right
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle
Catch not a shadow and lose the substance
A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
The child is father to the man
Cometh the hour, cometh the man
Common sense is not so common
Confidence begets confidence
Courage lost, all lost
A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once
Deal gently with the bird you mean to catch
Deep calls to deep
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Different strokes for different folks
Don't bark if you can't bite
Don't bite off more than you can chew
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
Don't burn the candle at both ends
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched
Don't cross a bridge before you come to it
Don't cut off your nose to spite your face
Don't fall before you're pushed
Don't have too many irons in the fire
Don't judge a book by its cover
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Don't make a mountain out of a molehill
Don't make clothes for a not yet born baby
Don't mend what ain't broken
Do not play with edged tools
Doctors make the worst patients
Discretion is the better part of valor
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Don't carry coals to Newcastle
Don't go between the tree and the bark
Don't put all your eggs in one basket
Don't put the cart before the horse
Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
The door swings both ways
Each to his own tast
The early bird catches the worm. But the second mouse gets the cheese
An empty vessel makes the most nois
An Englishman's home is his castle
Every cloud has a silver lining
Every rose has its thorn
The exception proves the rule
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Eat your own dog food
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance
The ends justify the means
Even a broken clock is right twice a da
Even a broken clock is right twice a day
Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked
Every dog has its day
Every tub must stand upon its bottom
Everyone talks of changing the world, but no one talks of changing himself
Evil begets evil
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
Failure is the stepping stone for success
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady
Familiarity breeds contempt
Fifty percent of something is better than one hundred percent of nothing
Fine feathers make fine birds
Fine words butter no parsnips
First come, first served
First deserve, then desire
The first step to health is to know that we are sick
First things first
A fool and his money are soon parted
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me
Forewarned is forearmed
Forgive and forget
A fox smells its own lair first. Or: A fox smells its own stink first
Fretting cares make grey hairs
A friend in need is a friend indeed
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost
From those to whom much is given, much is expected
Fortune favours the brave
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down
Garbage in, garbage out
Give a dog a bad name and hang him
Give a dog a bad name and he'll live up to it. (or ...he'll repay you for it.
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, and ye shall receive
Give credit where credit is due
Give him an inch and he'll take a yard
Go with the flow
God cures and the physician takes the fee
A golden bit does not make the horse any better
Good fences make good neighbors
Good men are hard to find
A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand
Good swimmers are often drowned
Good things come to those who wait
Good wine needs no bush
The grass is always greener on the other side
Grasp all, lose all
Great events cast their shadows before them
Great minds agree
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds
A guilty conscience needs no accuser
A half truth is a whole lie
You can't Have your cake and eat it too
Hard words break no bones
Haste makes waste
Hawks will not pick out Hawk's eyes
The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm
He laughs best who laughs last
He that can have patience can have what he will
He who dares wins
Health is wealth
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorne
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty
Home is where the heart i
He who hesitates is lost
Handsome is what handsome does
I complained I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet
Idle hands are the devil's playthings
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
If it can't be cured, it must be endured
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck
If it's too good to be true, then it probably is
If God had wanted man to fly, He would have given him wings
If life gives you lemons, make lemonade
If something can go wrong, it will
If the shoe fits, wear it
If the truth hurts, you are not living right
If wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly
If you buy quality, you only cry once
If you can't be good, be careful
If you can't beat them, join them
If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen
If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
If you got it flaunt it
If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. And if they don't, they never were
If you make yourself into a doormat, people will wipe their feet on you
If you snooze you los
If you sup with the devil, use a long spoon
If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die
If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail
If you want a thing done right, do it yourself
If you're in a hole, stop digging
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem
Ignorance is bliss
In for a penny, in for a pound
In one ear and out the other
In order to get where you want to go, you first have to leave where you are
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results
It ain't over till the fat lady sings
It's a cracked pitcher that goes longest to the well
It's a good horse that never stumbles
It's a long lane that has no turning
It's always darkest before the dawn
It's an ill wind that blows no good
It's better to be safe than sorry
It's better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt
It is better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees
It's better to give than to receive
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
It's cheaper to keep her
It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission
It's easy to be wise after the event
It's never too late to mend
It's no use crying over spilt milk
It ain't over till it's over
It's the early bird that gets the worm
It's the empty can that makes the most noise
It takes all sorts to make a world
It takes two to make a quarrel
It takes two to tango
Jack of all trades and master of None. (18th Century
Joan is as good as my lady in the dark. (17th Century
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step
Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant
Justice delayed is justice denied. (Legal Proverb, India
Kill your darlings
Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open
Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer
Keep your mouth shut and your ears open
Kindness, like grain, increase by sowing
A kingdom is lost for want of a shoe
Knaves and fools divide the world
Knowledge is power. (17th Century
Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns
Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people
The law is a jealous mistress
Law is the solemn expression of legislative will
Lead by example
Learn to walk before you run
Least said sooner mended
Less is more
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone
Let sleeping dogs lie
Let the cobbler stick to his last
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas
Life begins at forty
Life imitates art
Life imitates chess. - Garry Kasparo
Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it
Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get
Life is too short
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans
Life is what you do while you're waiting to die
Life is what you make of it. Always has been, always will be
Life's battle don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place
Like cures like
Like father, like son
Little by little and bit by bit
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing
Live and let live
The longest mile is the last mile home
Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves
Look before you leap
Look on the sunny side of life
Loose lips sink ships
Love is blind
Love is like war, Easy to start, Hard to end, Impossible to forget
Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone whom you can't live without
Love is stronger than any addiction, baby. Hell, it is one. - Made
Love laughs at locksmiths
Make the best of a bad bargain
A man is known by the company he keeps
A man's home is his castle
A mans worst enemies are often those of his own house
Man proposes but God disposes
Manners maketh the man
Many a mickle makes a muckle
Many a true word is spoken in jest
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn themselves
Many hands make light work
Many things are lost for want of asking
Many words will not fill a bushel
Marry in haste, and repent at leisure
Measure twice, cut once
Mind your P's and Q's
Misery loves company
Misfortunes never come singly
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile
Missing the wood for the trees
Money cannot buy happiness
(Love of) Money is the root of all evil
Money makes the mare go
Money makes the world go around
Money talks
Monkey see, monkey do
More haste, less speed
The more things change, the more they stay the same
The more you study, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. The less you know the more you study
The nail that sticks up will be hammered down
Nature never did betray the heart that loved her
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians
Necessity is the mother of invention
Never cast a clout till May be out
Never judge a book by its cover
Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing
Never lie to your doctor
Never lie to your lawyer
Never look a gift horse in the mouth
Never put off till (until) tomorrow what you can do today
Never say die
Never say never
Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you
Never wear a brown hat in Friesland
A new broom sweeps clean
A night with Venus and a life with mercury
No man can serve two masters
No man is an island
No man is born into this world, whose work is not born with him
No man is indispensable
No news is good news
No pain, no gain
No time like the present
Noblesse oblige
None but the brave deserve the fair
There are none so blind as they who will not see
Nothing succeeds like success
Nothing to be feared in life, but understood
Nothing ventured, nothing gained
An old dog will learn no tricks
Old habits die hard
One good turn deserves another
One grain of sand can tip the scale
One man's junk is another man's treasure
One man's meat is another man's poison
One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. - Ronald Reaga
One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. - English, 17th centur
One murder makes a villain, millions a hero
One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel
One scabbed sheep mars the whole flock
One swallow doesn't make a summer
Once bitten, twice shy
The only free cheese is in the mouse trap
The only stupid question is the one that is not asked
Opportunity knocks only once
An ounce of discretion is worth a pound of wit
Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall
Out of sight... Out of mind
Out of small acorns grow mighty oaks
Paddle your own canoe
The pen is mightier than the sword
A penny saved is a penny earned
Penny wise, pound foolish
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Perfect Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. (a.k.a The six P's
A picture is worth a thousand words
The pitcher which goes too often to the well gets broken
Politeness costs nothing and gains everything. <M.W. Montagu
Politics makes strange bedfellows
Poets are born, but orators are trained
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Practice before you preach
Practice makes perfect
Prevention is better than cure
Pride comes before the fall. (Pride comes before a fall.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating
Procrastination is the thief of time
Proverbs run in pairs
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death
Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil
Put your money where your mouth is
Reality is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine
Reality is often stranger than fiction
Repetition is the mother of memory
Revenge is a dish best served cold
A rising tide lifts all boats
The road to hell is paved with good intentions
A rolling stone gathers no moss
Rome wasn't built in a day
The rotten apple injures its neighbors
Rules were meant to be broken
Say something nice or say nothing at all
Seek and ye shall find
Seeing is believing
Self trust is the first secret of success
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, he eats for the rest of his life
Set a thief to catch a thief
Shit or get off the pot
Shoemaker, not above the sanda
Silence is golden
Slow and steady wins the race
Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you
Someone who gossips to you will gossip about you
Something is better than nothing
A son is a son 'till he gets him a wife; a daughter's a daughter all her life
Spare the rod, spoil the child
The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
The squeaky wheel gets the grease
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me
A still tongue makes a wise head
Still waters run deep
A stitch in time saves nine
Stolen fruit is the sweetest
Strike while the iron is hot
Success (only) comes after every necessary precaution
Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties
Success is a journey not a destination
Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof
Take an old dirty, hungry, mangy, sick and wet dog and feed him and wash him and nurse him back to health, and he will never turn on you and bite you. This is how man and dog differ
Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
Talk of the devil and he's sure to appear
That which does not kill you, makes you stronger
The dogs bark but the caravan goes on
The worth of a thing is what it will bring
There is luck in odd numbers
The teacher has not taught, until the student has learned
There is no smoke without fire
There are no small parts, only small actors
There is a thin line between love and hate
There's always a calm before a storm
There's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip
Where there's muck there's brass
There's more than one way to skin a cat
There's no accounting for taste
There's no fool like an old fool
There's no peace for the wicked
There's no place like home
There is no royal road to learning
There's no such thing as a free lunch
There's no time like the present
There is only eight years between success and failure in politics
A thief thinks everyone steals
Think before you speak
This, too, shall pass
Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Time and tide wait for none
Time flies
Time flies when you're having fun
Time is money
Time will tell
Tis better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all
Tit for tat
To each, his own
To err is human; to forgive, divine
To know the road ahead ask those coming back
Tomorrow is another day
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Too much of one thing, good for nothing
Tread on a worm and it will turn
Trouble shared is trouble halved
Truth is stranger than fiction
The truth shall set you free, or The truth will set you free
Truth will out
Try not to become a man of success but a man of value
Two heads are better than one
Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife
Two wrongs don't make a right
Two is a company; three is a crowd
Unity is strength
Unprepare to prepare, be prepared to be unprepared
Use it or lose it
Use it up, wear it out, make do with, or do without
Variety is the spice of life
Virtue which parleys is near a surrender
The voice of the people is the voice of god
Walk softly, carry a big stick
Walk the walk and talk the talk
Waste not, want not
A watched pot never boils
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach
We can't always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future
We have nothing to fear but fear itself
We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean, but the ocean would be less without that drop
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong
Well begun is half done
"Well done" is better than "well said"
What a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
What goes around comes around
What goes up must come down
What you see is what you get
What you sow is what you reap
Where there is a will, there is a way
What's good for the goose is good for the gander
When a thing is done advice comes too late
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
When one door closes, another door opens
When the cat is away, the mice will play
When the going gets tough, the tough get going
Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. [[21]
Where there's a will, there's a way
Where vice goes before, vengeance follows after
The whole dignity of man lies in the power of thought
Willful waste makes woeful want
The wish is father to the thought
Wise men learn by other men men's harms, fools by their own
A woman is like a tea bag; you'll never know how strong she is until she's in hot water
A woman's work is never done
Women need men like a fish needs a bicycle
A word spoken is past recalling
The world is your oyster
Worship the Creator not His creation
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them
Work is worship
You always admire what you really don't understand
You always find something in the last place you look
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You know the tree by its fruit
The younger brother the better gentleman
You can't have an omelette unless you break the egg
You can't see the forest for the trees' mea
You don't shit where you eat
Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotation