Proverbs and maxims

1. A bad workman quarrels with his tools.

2) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

3) A burnt child always fears fire.
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4) A cat has nine lives.

5) A cat loves fish but is loath to wet her feet.

6) A drowning man catches at a straw.

7) A little learning is a dangerous thing.

8) A stitch in time saves nine.
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9) A tree is known by its fruit.

10) Adversity often leads to prosperity.

11) After cloud comes fair weather.

12) After death comes the doctor.

13) After meat comes mustard.

14) After sweetmeat comes sauce.
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15) All covet,all lost.

16) All feet tread not in one shoe.

17) All his geese are swans.

18) All that glitters is not gold.

19) Alls well that ends well.
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20) As is the evil,so is the remedy.
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21) As you sow, so shall you reap.
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22) Bachelors wife and maids children are always well taught.
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23) Barking dogs seldom bite.
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24) Before you marry,be sure of a house where in to tarry.

25) Beggar may sing before a pick-pocket.

26) Beggars must not be choosers.

27) Better alone than in bad company.

28) Better an empty house than an ill tenant.

29) Birds of a same feather flock together.

30) Black will take no other hue.

31) To Build castle in the air.

32) Call a spade a spade.

33) Carry coal to Newcastle.

34) Cast pearls before swine.

35) Charity begins at home.
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36) Cheap goods are dear in the long run

37) Child is father to the man.

38) Cut off ones nose to spite ones face.

39) Cut your coat according to your cloth.

40) Devil would not listen to the scripture./ You cant reform a rogue.

41) Diligence is the mother of good luck.

42) Diligence is the mother of good luck./ Industry is the mother of
success.

43) Do or die./Risk all to win.

44) Empty vessels sound much.

45) Empty vessels sound much./Too much talk ends nothing.
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46) Every man is for himself.

47) Everybodys business is nobodys business.

48) Example is better than precept.

49) Familiarity breeds contempt.

50) Faults are thick where love is thin.
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51) Fine words butter no parsnips.

52) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
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53) Give him an inch and hell take an ell.
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54) Give me roast meat and beat with the spit.

55) God helps those who help themselves.

56) God y those who help themselves. /God favours those who spare no
pairs.

57) Good wine needs no bush.

58) Grapes are sour.
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59) Grasp all, lose all.
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60) Great boast, small roast.
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