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Absence makes the heart grow
fonder
Actions speak louder
than words
All for one and
one for all
All roads lead
to Rome
All that
glitters is not gold
All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy
All’s fair in love and
war
All’s well
that ends well
Any port in a storm
An apple a day keeps the doctor
away
April
showers bring May flowers
An army marches on its
stomach
Bad news travels
fast
A bad penny
always turns up
The bad workman always blames his
tools
[His] bark is worse
than his bite
Beauty is only skin deep
Beggars can’t be choosers
The best of friends must
part
The best
things in life are free
The best-laid plans of mice and men
often go awry
Better late
than never
Better safe than sorry
Beware of Greeks bearing
gifts
The bigger they come,
the harder they fall
A bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush
Birds of a
feather flock together
Blood
is thicker than water
Boys will be boys
Brevity is the soul of
wit
The buck stops
here
Business
before pleasure
Carpe
diem
The chickens have come
home to roost
Cleanliness is next to
godliness
Close,
but no cigar
Cold hands,
warm heart
The
course of true love never did run
smooth
Curiosity
killed the cat
De gustibus
non est disputandum
The devil can cite Scripture for his
purpose
The
devil is in the details
Discretion is the better part of
valor
Do not
cast your pearls before swine
Do unto others as you would
have them do unto you
A dog
is a man’s best frien
d
Don’t count your chickens
before they hatch
Don’t cry over spilt milk
Don’t cut off your nose to spite your
face
Don’t fire
until you see the whites of their eyes
Don’t give up the
ship
Don’t hide your light
under a bushel
Don’t judge a book by its
cover
D
on’t lock the stable door
after the horse has been stolen
Don’t look a gift horse in the
mouth
Don’t put
all your eggs in one bas
ket
Don’t put the cart before
the horse
Don’t throw out
the baby with the bath water
The early bird catches the
worm
Early to
bed and early to rise makes a man healthy,
wealthy, and wise
East is
East, and West is West, and never the twain shall
meet
Easy come, easy
go
Eat, drink,
and be merry, for tomorrow we die
Every cloud has a silver
lining
Every dog
has his day
Everybody will be world famous for
fifteen minutes
Experience
is the best teacher
Familiarity breeds contempt
Feed a cold; starve a
fever
Finders keepers,
losers weepers
Fish or cut bait
Fish out of water
A fool and his money are soon
parted
A foolish
consistency is the hobgoblin of little
minds
Fools rush
in where angels fear to tread
For want of a nail the kingdom was
lost
Forewarned
is forearmed
Frailty, thy name is woman!
A friend in need is a friend
indeed
From the
sublime to the ridiculous is but a step
The game is not worth the
candle
Genius is one percent
inspiration and ninety-nine percent
perspiration
Give him enough
rope and he’ll hang himself
Give the devil his due
God helps those who help
themselves
Good
fences make good neighbors
A good man is hard to find
The grass is always greener on the
other side of the fence
Great oaks from little acorns
grow
Half a loaf
is better than none
Haste
makes waste
He
who hesitates is lost
He
who laughs last, laughs best
Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned
Here
today, gone tomorrow
Hitch your wagon to a star
Honesty is the best policy
Hope springs
eternal
If at
first you don’t succeed, try, try again
If the mountain will not come to
Muhammad, then Muhammad will go to the
mountain
If the shoe fits, wear it
If wishes were horses, then
beggars would ride
If you
can’t stand the heat, get out of the
kitchen
Ignorance is
bliss
Imitation
is the sincerest form of flattery
In the spring a young man’s fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love
In this world nothing is certain but
death and taxes
It ain’t a
fit night out for man or beast
It takes a heap o’ livin’ in a house t’
make it home
It
takes a thief to catch a thief
It takes two to
tango
It’s never over till
it’s over
It’s
never too late to mend
It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s
how you play the game
Knowledge is power
Laugh, and the world laughs
with you; weep, and you weep alone
Leave well enough
alone
The leopard cannot
change its spots
Let bygones be bygones
Let sleeping dogs
lie
Let them eat
cake
Let’s cross
that bridge when we come to it
Life is short; art is
long
Lightning never strikes
twice in the same place
A little learning is a dangerous
thing
Little
pitchers have big ears
Little strokes fell great
oaks
Live and
learn
Live and
let live