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After a storm comes a calm



2. All are not thieves that dogs bark at

3. All good things come to and end

4. All is fair in love and war

5. Alls well that ends well

6. All roads lead to Rome

7. All things are difficult before the are easy

8. Appearances are deceptive

9. The apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

10. As you make your bed, so you must lie in it

11. As you sow, so shall reap
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12. Bad news travels fast

13. Barking dos seldom bite

14. The beaten is the fastest

15. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

16. Beggars must not be chores

17. The best fish swims near the bottom

18. Best is cheapest



19. Better and egg today than a hen tomorrow

20. Better be a fool than a knave

21. Better be sure than sorry

22. Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion

23. Better bend than break

24. Better late than never

25. A bird in the hand is worth tow in the bush

26. Birds of a feather flock together

27. The biter is sometimes bit

28. Blood is thicker than water

29. Bread is the staff of life

30. A burnt child dreads the fire

31. Busiest men find the most time

32. A cat has nine lives

33. Catch not the shadow and lose the substance

34. The child is the father of the man


35. Circumstances alter cases

36. Cleanliness is next to godliness

37. Clothes do not make the man

38. Courtesy costs nothing

39. Cross the stream where it is shallowest

40. Custom make all things easy

41. Cut your coat according to your cloth

42. Desert and reward seldom keep company

43. Do as I say not as I do

44. Do as you would be done by

45. Dont cry before you are hurt

46. Dont make a mountain out of a molehill

47. Dont ride the high horse



48. Dog does not eat do

49. Easier said than done

50. Easy come, easy go

51. The end justifies the means


52. Every dog has his day

53. Every horse thinks his own pack heaviest

54. Every man has his price

55. Extremes meet

56. An eye for and eye, and a tooth for a tooth

57. Finding is keeping

58. The first low is half the battle

59. First thrive and then wife

60. A friend in need is a friend indeed

61. God helps those who help themselves

62. God is always on the side of the big battalions

63. Grasps all, lose all

64. The greatest talkers are the least doers

65. Half a loaf is better than no bread

66. Haste makes waste

67. He laughs best who laughs last

68. He who denies all confesses all



69. He who hesitates is lost

70. Health is better than wealth

71. History repeats it self

72. If you want a thing well done, do it your self

73. If you want peace, prepare for war

74. If you cant bite, never show your teeth

75. In the country of blind, the one-eye man is king

76. It is easier to out down than to build

77. Keep something for a rainy day

78. Knowledge is power

79. Let bygones be bygones

80. A liar is not believed when he tells the truth

81. Liars should have good memories

82. Life is sweet

83. Like father, like son

84. A little help is worth a deal of pity

85. A little learning is dangerous thing



86. Live and learn

87. Live not to eat, but eat to live

88. Love is blind

89. A man can only die once

90. Manners make man

91. Marriage is a lottery

92. The mills of God grind slowly

93. Moderation in all thing

94. Money talks

95. More than enough is too much

96. The more you have, the more you want

97. Muck and money go together

98. Necessity is the mother of invention

99. Necessity knows no law

100. Neither a borrower not a lender be

101. Never do thing by halves


102. Never tell your enemy your foot aches

103. Never make threats you cant carry out

104. Never pull off till tomorrow what may be done today

105. No answer is also an answer

106. No gain without pa9in

107. No man is infallible

108. No thing is given so freely as advice

109. Nothing succeeds like success

110. Nothing venture, nothing have

111. An old poacher makes the best keeper

112. One foot is better than two crutches

113. One is never too old to learn

114. One lie makes many

115. One mans meat is another mans poison

116. One must draw back in order to leap better

117. One volunteer is worth two pressed men

118. Open confession is good for the soul



119. Opportunity makes the thief

120. Out of debt, out of danger

121. Out of sight, out of mind

122. Pleasant hours fly fast

123. Poverty is no sin

124. Practice what you preach

125. Prevention is better than cure

126. Rats desert sinking hip

127. Revenge is sweet

128. Set a thief to catch a thief

129. Silence gives consent

130. Silence is golden

131. Slow but sure wins the race

132. So many countries, so many customs

133. A soft answer turns away wrath

134. Some are wise and some are other wise

135. Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind



136. Spare the road and soil the child

137. Speak well of dead

138. Speech is silver, silence is golden

139. A still tongue makes a wise head

140. Still water run deep

141. The strength of the chain is in the weakest link

142. Stretch legs according to your coverlet

143. Strike while the iron is hot

144. Take not a must to kill a butterfly
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145. Take things as they come

146. Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear

147. Tastes differ

148. There are tricks in every trade

149. There is time to peak and time to be silent

150. There is honor among thieves

151. Theres many a true word spoken in jest


152. There is no fool like and ld fool

153. Theres no place like home

154. Theres no pleasure without pain

155. There is no rose without a thorn

156. Theres no smoke without fire

157. There is nothing new under the sun

158. There large most who can do least

159. A thing of beauty is a joy forever

160. Things are seldom what they see

161. Things done cant be undone

162. Those whom the gods love die young

163. Throw out a sprat to catch a mackerel

164. Times flies

165. Time is money

166. Tomorrow is another day

167. Too much curiosity lost paradise

168. Truth is stronger than fiction



169. The truth will out

170. Two of trade can never agree

171. Wake not a sleeping lion

172. Walls have ears

173. Want is the mother of industry

174. Waste not, want not

175. What cant be cured must be endured

176. What costs little is little esteemed

177. What is a workman without his tools

178. Whats done cant be undone

179. What is worth doing is worth ding well

180. When in doubt do not

181. When the cat is away the mice will play

182. While there is life theres hope

183. Who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl

184. The wish is father to the thought

185. A word is enough for the wise



186. Word cut more than swords

187. You cant teach an old dog new tricks

188. You must lose a fly t catch a trout

189. You never know what you can do till you try

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