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- If you can’t beat them, join them.
- A good beginning makes a good ending.
- Well begun is half done.
- In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is the
king.
- A sound mind in a sound body.
- Man cannot / does
not live by bread alone.
- When the cat is away, the mice will play.
- All cats are grey at night.
- Children and fools tell the truth.
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is the
king.
- The last drop makes the cup run over
- The devil is not so black as he is painted.
- Talk of the Devil, (and he is bound to appear.)
- Old habits die hard.
- Barking dogs never bite.
- Dogs bark but the caravan goes on.
- When one door closes another opens.
- The last drop makes the cup run over.
- Walls have ears.
- Appetite comes with
eating.
- Eat to
live, not
live to eat.
- God
defend me from my friends; from my
enemies I can defend myself. / God
protect me from my friends, I can protect myself from my
enemies.
- To err is human.
- Choose the less of two
evils.
- The exception proves the rule.
- Experience is the best teacher.
- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
- The eyes are the window of the soul.
- What the eye sees not, the heart grieves not.
- Faith will move mountains.
- Like father like son.
- Fear is a bad counselor.
- There’s no smoke without fire.
- Big fish eat little fish.
- A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- God
defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself. / God
protect me from my friends, I can protect myself from my enemies.
- Man proposes, God
disposes.
- God
defend me from my friends; from my enemies I can defend myself. / God
protect me from my friends, I can protect myself from my enemies.
- The voice of the people is the voice of
God.
- All that glitters is not gold.
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Habit is second nature.
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Old habits die hard.
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Cold hands, warm heart.
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One hand washes the other.
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What the eye sees not, the heart grieves not.
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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While there’s life there’s hope.
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
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To err is human.
- In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is the
king.
- Better late than never.
- He who laughs last,
laughs longest.
- Lies have short legs.
- Lies have short legs.
- It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home. /
Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.
- Live
and let live.
- Eat to
live, not live to eat.
- Love is
blind.
- Lucky in cards, unlucky in
love.
- Man proposes, God
disposes.
- Every man has his price.
- Misfortunes never come singly.
/ Misfortunes seldom come alone.
- If the mountain will not
come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
- Money has no smell.
- Money isn’t everything.
- Money is a good servant, but a bad master.
- Money makes the world go round.
- Time is money.
- Faith will move mountains.
- If the mountain will not
come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain.
- The pen is mightier than the sword.
- The voice of the people is the voice of God.
- He who will reap must sow.
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
- All roads lead to Rome.
- Easier said than done..
- Seeing
is believing.
- Like father like son.
- Speech is silver, silence is golden.
- After a storm comes a calm.
- There is nothing new under the sun.
- One swallow doesn't make a summer.
[animals]
- One swallow doesn't make a summer. [time]
- The pen is mightier than the sword.
- Words cut more than swords.
- He who lives by the sword dies by the sword.
- Tastes differ.
[abstract]
- Tastes differ. [food]
- There’s no accounting for tastes.
[abstract]
- There’s no accounting for tastes. [food]
- Opportunity makes a
thief.
- Time heals all wounds.
- Time is money.
- Never put off until tomorrow what you can do
today.
- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
- Children and fools tell the truth.
- There is truth in wine. /
In wine is truth.
- All things come to those who wait.
- One hand washes the other.
- It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home. /
Don’t wash your dirty linen in public.
- All is well that ends well.
- Where there is a will, there is a way.
- Sow wind and reap whirlwind.
- There is truth in wine. / In
wine is truth.
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