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A
A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit.
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
A bad penny always turns up.
A bellyful is one of meat, drink, or sorrow.
A big tree attracts the woodsman’s axe.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
A bad workman blames his tools.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
A burnt child dreads the fire.
A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
A little pot is easily hot.
A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
A closed mouth catches no flies.
A constant guest is never welcome.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
A jack of all trades is master of none.
A loaded wagon makes no noise.
A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
A paragraph should be like a lady’s skirt: long enough to cover the essentials but short enough to keep it interesting.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
A rising tide lifts all boats
A stitch in time saves nine.
A thief thinks everyone steals.
A watched pot never boils.
A woman’s work is never done.
A woman is like a cup of tea; you’ll never know how strong she is until she boils.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Act today only, tomorrow is too late
Actions speak louder than words.
Advice most needed is least heeded.
All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.
All roads lead to Rome.
All’s well that ends well.
All that glisters is not gold.
ll things come to those who wait.
Always care about your flowers and your friends. Otherwise they’ll fade, and soon your house will be empty.
A man’s home is his castle.
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
An empty vessel makes the most noise.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
As fit as a fiddle.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
As soon as a man is born, he begins to die.
Ask me no questions, I’ll tell you no lies.
B
Bad news travels fast.
Barking dogs seldom bite.
Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
Beggars can’t be choosers.
Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Better late than never.
Better safe than sorry.
Birds of a feather flock together.
Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Blood is thicker than water.
Blood will out.
A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Boys will be boys.
Brain is better than brawn.
Buy the best and you only cry once.
C
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once.
D
A dull pencil is greater than the sharpest memory.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Different strokes for different folks.
Do it today, tomorrow it may be against the law.
Doctors make the worst patients.
Don’t ask God to guide your footsteps if you’re not willing to move your feet.
Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
Don’t burn your bridges.
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.
Don’t cry over spilled milk.
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face.
Don’t enter your nose in the affairs of others.
Don’t judge a man by the size of his hat, but by the angle of his tilt.
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 put the cart before the horse.
Don’t raise more Demons than you can lay down.
Don’t shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
Don’t take life too seriously; you’ll never get out of it alive.
Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Don’t let procrastination eat your own clock.
Don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.
E
The early bird catches the worm. But the second mouse gets the cheese.
Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked.
Every dog has its day.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Everything good in life is either illegal, immoral, or fattening.
Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.
Education makes machines which act like men and produces men who act like machines
Everything can be justified until it happens to you.
Every rose has its thorn.
F
Failure is the stepping stone for success.
Falling down does not signify failure but staying there does.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Fifty percent of something is better than one hundred percent of nothing.
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Forewarned is forearmed.
From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
G
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 credit where credit is due.
Give a man an inch and he’ll take a yard.
God takes care of drunks.
Great events cast their shadows before them.
Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree.
H
Home is where the heart is.
He laughs best who laughs last.
I
I complained I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
I think, therefore I am.
I came, I saw, I conquered.
It is better to die on one’s feet than live on one’s knees.
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well.
If it’s too good to be true, then it probably is.
If wishes were fishes, we’d all cast nets.
If you cross your bridges before you come to them, you will have to pay the toll twice.
If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.
Ignorance is bliss.
If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem.
In order to get where you want to go, you first have to leave where you are.
In the mind of thieves the moon is always shining.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results.
It’s always darkest before the dawn
It never rains, but it pours.
It takes all kinds to make the world go round.
It takes two to tango.
It’s better to be safe than sorry.
It’s not the size of the boat, it’s the motion of the ocean.
If you fall off a cliff, you might as well try to fly. After all, you got nothing to lose.
J
Jack of all trades and master of none.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
K
Knowledge is power.
Kindness, like grain, increase by sowing.
L
Laugh when you’re happy, cry when you’re sad, and do both when you’re the happiest you’ve ever been.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Learn to walk before you run.
Least said sooner mended.
Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
Life is a perception of your own reality.
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Give a man a match, he shall be warm for a moment. Light a man on fire and he shall be warm for the rest of his life.
Long absent, soon forgotten.
Look before you leap.
M
Man is truly himself when he’s alone.
Many things are lost for want of asking.
Money cannot buy happiness.
Money can’t buy everything, but everything needs money
N
Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
Never change, for the sake of others. There will be no one like you if you change.
No man can serve two masters.
No money, no justice.
No news is good news.
No pain, no gain.
O
One grain of sand can tip the scale.
One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.
One murder makes a villain, millions a hero.
One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel.
Only losers say “Winning isn’t everything.”
Opinions are like assholes: everyone has them and they usually stink.
P
Patience is a virtue.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Procrastination is the thief of time.
Proverbs are long life experiences, told in one short sentence.
S
Someone who gossips to you will gossip about you.
Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
Stolen fruit is the sweetest.
Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you.
T
The rotten apple injures its neighbors.
That which does not kill you, makes you stronger.
The belly has no ears.
The customer is always right.
The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.
The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
The world is your oyster.
There are so many things to say that are better left unsaid.
There’s always a calm before a storm.
There’s no place like home.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Tomorrow is another day.
The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can’t have them.
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.
V
Virtue which parleys is near a surrender.
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
W
Walk the walk and talk the talk.
Waste not, want not.
What goes up must come down.
What you see is what you get.
What you sow is what you reap.
What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
Women need men like a fish needs a bicycle.
Y
You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
You reap what you sow.