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He who has health has hope.

A rolling stone gathers no moss.

It never rains but pours.

Look before you leap.

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Jump once but look twice.
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Habit is second nature.

Haste makes waste.

Practice makes perfect.

Take the rough with the smooth.

Do in Rome as the Romans do.

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A friend in need is a friend indeed.

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Courtesy costs nothing.

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Birds of a feather flock together.

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Faith will move mountains.

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Money makes the mare go.

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Time flies like an arrow.

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Where there is smoke, there is fire.

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The pot calls the kettle black.

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Monkey see, monkey do.

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Not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

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One generation plants the trees, another gets the shade.

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A word once spoken can never be recalled.

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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Every dog has his day.

A miss is as good as a mile.

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A little too late is much too late.
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Bad news has wings.

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God helps those who help themselves.

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It is better to die when life is a disgrace.

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Like knows like.

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One eyewitness is better than ten hearsays.

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Put the cart before the horse.

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To err is human.
Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.

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Advice when most needed is least heeded.

Hard words break no bones.

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Give a dog a bad name and hang him.

A fox may grow gray, but never good.

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Leopards cannot change their spots.
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Business is business.

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Children are what the mothers are.

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Great men's sons seldom do well.

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Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.

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Constant dripping wears away a stone.

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Life is not a bed of roses.

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Well begun is half done.

God's mill grinds slow but sure. .

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Justice has long arms.
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It takes all sorts to make a world.

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When one door shuts another opens.

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Creep before you walk.

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Words cut more than swords.

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Better rely on yourself than no others.

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The climbing of a height begins at the base.

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It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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To entertain an angel unawares.

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Unity is strength.

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Give him an inch and he'll take a yard.

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A bad penny always comes back.

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One good turn deserves another.

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Virtue will have a good reward; vice will have an veil recompense.

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It is as well to know which way the wind blows.

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If the counsel be good, no matter who gave it.

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An uncut gem goes not sparkle.

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Never try to prove what nobody doubts.

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The higher the mountain, the greater descent.

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A clear conscience is like a coat of mail.

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A burnt child dreads the fire.

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A coconut-shell full of water is an ocean to an ant

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Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

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Call a spade a spade.

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Deeds are better than words.

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Every family has a skeleton in the cupboard.

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Fields have eyes, and woods have ears.

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Filial piety is the foundation of family discipline.

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Fine words butter no parsnips

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Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

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Love and blindness are twin sisters.

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He knows most who speaks least.

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If a man takes no thoughts about what is distant, sorrow is surely near at hand.

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If the family lives in harmony, all affairs will prosper.

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If you have tasted the bitterest of the bitter, you will become the greatest of the great.

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Pride hurts, modesty benefits.

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Kind hearts are soonest wronged.

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Learning is like rowing upstream, not to advance is to drop back

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Learning without thinking is vain; thinking without learning is perilous.

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Least said, soonest mended.

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Many learn to be wise by the folly of others.

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Meeting is the beginning of parting.

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Men are blind in their own cause.

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Never do things by halves.

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Never judge by appearance.

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No gains without pains.

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A honey tongue, a heart of gall.

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A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

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All are not thieves that dogs bark at

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Better breeding than birth.

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Better lose the saddle than the horse.

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Share and share alike.

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If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

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Don't catch at the shadow and lose the substance.

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It is easy to be wise after the event.

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Distant kinsmen mean less than close neighbors.

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Saying is one thing and doing another.

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It is enough to show a whip to a beaten dog.

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You see a man's face but not his heart.

1. A bad excuse is worse than none.

2. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.
3. A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
4. Actions speak louder than words.
5. A crowd is not company.
6. A contented mind is a perpetual feast.
7. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
8. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
9. A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
10. After a storm comes a calm.
11. A good medicine tastes bitter.

12. A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.

13. All good things come to an end.
14. All roads lead to Rome.
15. A man is known by the company he keeps.
16. An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
17. April showers bring May flowers.
18. A stitch in time saves nine.
19. A storm in a teacup.
20. As a man sows, so he shall reap.
21. A clean hand wants no washing.
22. A young idler, an old beggar.
23. An ass in Germany is a professor in Rome.
24. A leopard does not change its spots.
25. A clear conscience is a soft pillow.
26. As a man makes his bed so must he lie.
27. A little bird wants but a little nest.
28. Ambition can creep as well as soar.
29. All for one, one for all.
30. Accidents will happen.
31. All's well that ends well.
32. A penny at a pinch is worth a pound.
33. A good beginning is half the battle.
34. A rolling stone gathers no moss.
35. A watched pot never boils.
36. A baited cat may grow as fierce as a lion.
37. A burnt child dreads the fire.
38. A cock is bold on his own dunghill.
39. A crooked stick will have a crooked shadow.
40. A deceitful peace is more hurtful than an open war.
41. A fond mother produced mischief.
42. A fool may give a wise man counsel.
44. A good name is sooner lost than won.
45. A good shift may serve long, but it will not serve ever.
46. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
47. A hedge between keeps friendship green.
48. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
49. A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.
50. A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.
51. A little leak will sink a great ship.
52. A little neglect may breed great mischief.
53. A man among children will be long a child.
54. A man apt to promise is apt to forget.
55. A man at five may be a fool at fifteen.

56. A man is one who is faithful to his word.

57. A man should take as companion one older than himself.
58. A miss is as good as a mile.
59. A near neighbor is better than a distant cousin.
60. A slow fire makes sweet malt.
61. A thing begun is half done.
62. After delay comes a let.
63. After supper walk a mile.
64. All cry and no wool.
65. All is not gold that glitters.
66. All lay loads on a willing horse.
67. All the winning is in the first buying.
68. All things are easy that are done willingly.
69. An empty sack cannot stand upright.
70. An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.
71. An ill tongue may do much.

72. An old man's sayings are seldom untrue.

73. Anybody can make mistake.
74. At a great bargain, make a pause.
75. Avoid evil and it will avoid you.
76. A little learning is a dangerous thing.
77. A little pot is soon hot.
78. A barking dog never bites.
79. A great man cannot brook a rival.
80. A man's reach should exceed his grasp.
81. A new broom sweeps clean.
82. A penny saved is a penny earned (gained).
83. A straw shows which way the wind blows.
84. A little neglect may breed great mischief.
85. All his geese are swans.
86. All is fish that comes to my net.
87. All his swans are geese.
88. A candle lights others and consumes itself.
89. A common danger causes common action.
90. A constant guest is never welcome.
91. A disease known is half cured.
92. A good beginning makes a good ending.
93. A hero is known in the time of misfortune.
94. A liar is worse than a thief.
95. A little is better than none.
96. All are not saints that go to church.
97. All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws.

98. All is fair in war.

99. A man can't whistle and drink at the same time.
100. Ambition never dies until there is no way out.
101. Appearances are deceitful.
102. A road of a thousand miles begins with one step.
103. A secret between more than two is no secret.
104. A stumble may prevent a fall.
105. A willful man will have his way.
106. A wise man cares not for what he can't have.
107. A wise man will make tools of what comes to hand.
108. A word is enough to the wise.
109. A word spoken is an arrow let fly.
110. A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.
111. A man may lose more in an hour than he can get in seven.
112. A tale never loses in the telling.
113. All gains are made at some sacrifice.
114. All is not lost that's in peril.
115. A hard beginning makes a good ending.
116. All things are difficult before they are easy.
117. All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
118. A lion at home, a mouse abroad.
119. A thorn in one's side.
120. Apples of gold in pictures of silver.