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    A
    A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
    A book holds a house of gold.
    A friend in need is a friend indeed.
    A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
    A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
    A woman’s work is never done.
    All’s fair in love and war.
     
    B
    Bad news travels fast.
    Barking dogs seldom bite.
    Beauty is only skin-deep.
    Beggars can’t be choosers.
    Better late than never.
     
    C
    Charity begins at home.
    Christmas comes but once a year.
    Cleanliness is next to godliness.
    Clear conscious is a soft pillow.
    Curiosity killed the cat.
     
    D
    Dead men have no friends.
    Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
    Distant water won’t help to put out a fire close at hand.
    Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways.
    Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
     
    E
    Early to bed and early to rise, make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
    Easier said than done.
    Every evil is followed by some good.
    Every man is his own worst enemy.
    Every picture tells a story.
     
    F
    Failure teaches success.
    Faith will move mountains.
    Familiarity breeds contempt.
    Fear is stronger than love.
    Fear of death is worse than death itself.
     
    G
    Garbage in, garbage out.
    Give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.
    Give credit where credit is due.
    Give him an inch and he’ll take a yard.
    Great minds think alike.
     
    H
    He is the best general who makes the fewest mistakes.
    He who gets a name for early rising can stay in bed until midday.
    He who is master of himself, will soon be master of others.
    He who knows nothing, doubts nothing.
    Hunger is the best cook.
     
    I
    If a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.
    If you have never done anything evil, you should not be worrying about devils to knock at your door.
    If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of the game, the stakes, and the quitting time
    If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
    It is easy to dodge a spear that comes in front of you but hard to keep harms away from an arrow shot from behind.
     
    J
    Jack of all trades, master of none.
     
    K
    Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
     
    L
    Laughter is the best medicine.
    Let bygones be bygones.
    Love conquers all.
    Love enters a man through his eyes and a woman through her ears.
    Love your neighbour, but don’t pull down the fence.
     
    M
    Make hay while the sun shines.
    Many hands make light work.
    Mind your own business.
    Money is the root of all evil.
    Money isn’t everything.
     
    N
    Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
    No matter how long the night, the day is sure to come.
    No news is good news.
    No pain no gain.
    No wind, no waves.
    Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
     
    O
    Old habits die hard.
    Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away.
    One cannot refuse to eat just because there is a chance of being choked.
    One good turn deserves another.
    One man’s loss is another man’s gain.
     
    P
    Patience is a virtue.
    Penny wise, pound foolish.
    Poor men seek meat for their stomach, rich men stomach for their meat.
    Practice makes perfect.
    Practice what you preach.
     
    R
    Rain, rain go away, come again another day.
    Rats desert a sinking ship.
    Revenge is sweet.
    Robbing Peter to pay Paul.
     
    S
    Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.
    Seeing is believing.
    Shed no tears until seeing the coffin.
    Silence is golden.
    Something is better than nothing.
     
    T
    The bigger they are, the harder they fall.
    The first step is the hardest.
    The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell.
    There are always ears on the other side of the wall.
     
    U
    United we stand, divided we fall.
     
    V
    Variety is the spice of life.
    Virtue is its own reward.
     
    W
    When the cat is away, the mice will play.
    Where there’s a will, there’s a way.
    Where there is no trust there is no love.
    Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
     
    Y
    You can’t make an omelette without breaking the eggs.
    You can’t please everyone.
    You can’t take it with you when you die.
    You can’t tell a book by its cover.