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• Actions speak louder than words
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder
• The bad workman always blame his tools
• All for one and and one for all
• All work and no play makes jack a dull boy
• All’s well that ends well
• All that glitters is not gold
• An apple a day keeps the doctor away
• An army marches on its stomach
• April showers bring May flowers
• Beauty is only skin deep
• Better late than never
• Better safe than sorry
• Birds of a feather flock together
• Blood is thicker than water
• Brevity is the soul of wit
• Business before pleasure
• Carpe diem
• His bark is worse than his bite
• Old soldiers never die;they only fade away
• The best things in life are free
• The best-laid plans if mice and men often go awry
• The best of friends must part
• The bigger they come, the harder they fall
• The buck stops here
• The chickens have come home to roost

Advice

• Never give advice in a crowd.
• Never give advice unless asked.
• If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
• When a thing is done, advice comes too late.

• If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
• In case of doubt it is best to lean to the side of mercy. 

• Experience is the comb that nature gives us when we are bald.
• One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

• After dark all cats are leopards.
• After the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box.

• Blood is thicker than water
• After lunch; rest; after dinner walk a mile.
• Better a mouse in the pot than no meat at all.
• The dog's kennel is not the place to keep a sausage.
• The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread.
•  Eating and scratching want but a beginning.
• Spread the table and contention will cease.
• Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.
• God gave teeth; He will give bread.
• Who depends on another man's table often dines late.

• Fish or cut bait.
• Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine.
• He fishes well who uses a golden hook.
• It is not a fish until it is on the bank.

• Be slow in choosing a friend, but slower in changing him.
• Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
• When friends ask, there is no tomorrow.   
• Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

• All that glitters is not gold
• The bigger they come, the harder they fall
• A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
• A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.
• A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control
• A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

Fun and Games

• All work and no play makes jack a dull boy

• If You Can`t Beat the House - Buy it!

• Keep Grandma off the streets - Take her to BINGO!

• No one plan to fail but people can fail to plan.
• "If you want milk, don't sit in the middle of the pasture and wait for the cow to back up to you."
• If you want breakfast in Bed - Sleep in the kitchen.
• The beginning is the half of every action.
• God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.
• Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
• He who searches for pearls should not sleep
• What may be done at any time will be done at no time.
• If there is no wind, row.
• If you can't go over, you must go under.
• You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
• If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep.
• It is not enough to aim.; you must hit.
• If you want your eggs hatched, sit on them yourself.
• Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. 
• In the morning be first up, and in the evening last to go to bed, for they that sleep catch no fish.

• God will be present, whether asked or not.
• Speak of the devil and he appears.
• Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel.
• Avoid the evil, and it will avoid thee. 
• When God made mo, he was just showing off.
• The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further than the roar of a lion.

• * Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
• Birds of a feather flock together
• What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.
• The eyes believe themselves; the ears believe other people.
• Gossip needs no carriage.
• A half-truth is a whole lie.
• When you throw dirt, you lose ground.
• Fear not a jest. If one throws salt at you, you will not be harmed unless you have sore places.
• Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence.
• If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
• He who knows little quickly tells it.
• The big thieves hang the little ones. 
• He who knows nothing doubts nothing.
• He who puts up with insult invites injury.
• Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
• When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.

Life

• All sunshine makes the desert.
• Carpe diem
• The best of friends must part
• Call on God, but row away from the rocks.
• A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
• Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
• Actions speak louder than words
• Ask a lot, but take what is offered.
• Better be quarrelling than lonesome.
• Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you will be like him yourself.  
• Do not bathe if there is no water.
• Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
• Do not lengthen the quarrel while there is an opportunity of escaping.     
• Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends.   
• Do not push the river, it will flow by itself.
• Do not put your spoon into the pot which does not boil for you.
• Do not stand in a place of danger trusting in miracles.
• Do not throw the arrow which will return against you.
• Don't be too sweet lest you be eaten up; don't be too bitter lest you be spewed out.
• Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
• Don't empty the water jar until the rain falls.
• Don't fall before you're pushed.
• Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
• Don't live in a town where there are no doctors.
• Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been leant to you.
• Ask about your neighbours, then buy the house.
• Confessed faults are half mended.
• Live your own life, for you will die your own death.
• He who has health has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.
• He who must die, must die in the dark, even though he sells candles.
• By asking for the impossible, obtain the best possible.
• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
• When two quarrel, both are to blame
• Smile: it makes people wonder what you`re up to.
• A thing is worth what it can do for you, not what you choose to pay for it.

• * Where there is love, there is pain.
• Absence makes the heart grow fonder
• Love is like dew that falls on both nettles and lilies.
• Love rules without rules.
• Love tells us many things that are not so.
• Love your neighbour, but don't tear down your fence.
• A heart in love with beauty never grows old.
• The heart that loves is always young.
• Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
• Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.
• The loveliest of faces are to be seen by moonlight, when one sees half with the eye and half with the fancy.
• What the heart thinks, the tongue speaks.
• He who is not impatient is not in love.
• God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers, fathers and grandparents.

• To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
• Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly.

Money and Tax

• * A tax is a fine for doing well.
• There is three dimensions to credit cards; length, width and debt.
• In God we trust - all others pay cash
• I started out with nothing and still have most of it left.
• Life is to short to smoke cheap sigars.
• A father is a banker provided by nature.
• A father is someone who carries pictures where his money used to be.
• Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them.

Shopping

• He that does not ask will never get a bargain.
• When you go to buy, use your eyes, not your ears.
• When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.

• Talk till the blood appears on the cheek, but not the sweat on the brow.
• "When you're going through hell, keep going." Albert Einstein
• He who is outside his door already has a hard part of his journey behind him.
• Don't run too far, you will have to return the same distance.
• Every road has two directions.
• A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
• To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.

Trust

• * Trust is like money; you spend it; you lend it; you save it, you lend it, and some times you get robbed.
• When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage.
• Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys.

• * The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.
• Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

Wisdom and words 

• Words must be weighed, not counted.
• Boys will be boys
• The wise man has long ears and a short tongue.
• A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
• Ask the experienced rather than the learned.
• Advice is least heeded when most needed.    
• Beware of a man of one book.
• A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.
• Under a ragged coat lies wisdom.
• By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.
• Never do anything standing that you can do sitting, or anything sitting that you can do lying down.
• A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
• All things good to know are difficult to learn.
• By learning you will teach; by teaching you will learn.
• A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood
• If you wish good advice, consult an old man.
• Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
• The afternoon knows what the morning never suspected. 

Work

• Business before pleasure
• The bad workman always blame his tools

1. Old soldiers never die;they only fade away

2. All for one and and one for all
3. All’s well that ends well
4. An apple a day keeps the doctor away
5. April showers bring May flowers
6. An army marches on its stomach
7. His bark is worse than his bite
8. Beauty is only skin deep
9. The best things in life are free
10. The best-laid plans if mice and men often go awry
11. Better late than never
12. Better safe than sorry
13. Brevity is the soul of wit
14. The buck stops here
15. The chickens have come home to roost
16. Where there are no swamps there are no frogs.
17. An iron rod bends while it is hot.
18. The anvil fears no blows.
19. Bad is never good until worse happens.     
20. Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.
21. Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water.    
22. Better be ill spoken of by one before all than by all before one.
23. Beware of a man's shadow and a bee's sting.
24. The blind man is laughing at the bald head.
25. Danger and delight grow on one stalk.    
26. Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
27. Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
28. Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day.
29. Everyone thinks his own burden heavy.
30. The eyes are the window of the soul.
31. Fall seven times, stand up eight.
32. First deserve, and then desire.
33. The first drink with water, the second without water, the third like water.
34. First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.
35. Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
36. A full cup must be carried steadily.
37. Get what you can and keep what you have; that's the way to get rich.
38. Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.
39. The go-between wears out a thousand sandals.
40. Gratitude is the heart's memory.
41. Great men are not always wise.
42. A guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year.
43. The hammer shatters glass but forges steel.
44. He who doesn't risk never gets to drink champagne.
45. He who hurries can not walk with dignity.
46. He who sows peas on the highway does not get all the pods into his barn.
47. He who would leap far must first take a long run.
48. If you must play, decide on three things at the start: the rules of he game, the stakes, and the quitting time.
49. If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.
50. In times of prosperity friends will be plenty, in times of adversity not one in twenty.
51. In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed are kings
52. It is easier to pull down than to build up.
53. Judge not the horse by his saddle.
54. Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.
55. Let every fox take care of his own tail.
56. Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.
57. Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.
58. A little pot boils easily.
59. Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.
60. Long absent, soon forgotten.
61. Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
62. Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.
63. Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.
64. Measure a thousand times and cut once.
66. Never draw your dirk when a blow will do it.
67. Never fall out with your bread and butter.
68. Never squat with your spurs on.
69. Never write a letter while you are angry.
70. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.
71. No need to teach an eagle to fly. 
72. No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.
73. No one is rich enough to do without a neighbour.
74. Observe your enemies, for they first find your faults.
75. One does evil enough when one does nothing good.
76. One drink is just right; two is too many; three are too few.
77. Ready money works great cures.
78. The reverse side also has a reverse side.
79. Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
80. Set a thief to catch a thief.
81. Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow.
82. Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves.
83. Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
84. Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
85. Speak of the devil and he appears.
86. There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience.
87. There wouldn't be such a thing as counterfeit gold if there were no real gold somewhere.
88. Those who sleep with dogs will rise with fleas.
89. Though a tree grow ever so high, the falling leaves return to the ground.
90. Three things it is best to avoid: a strange dog, a flood, and a man who thinks he is wise.
91. To change and change for the better are two different things.
92. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
93. Use soft words and hard arguments.
94. We know the worth of a thing when we have lost it.
95. We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
96. When a blind man carries a lame man, both go forward.
97. When an elephant is in trouble even a frog will kick him.
98. When one shuts one eye, one does not hear everything.
99. When spiders unite they can tie down a lion.
100. When the fox preaches, look to the geese.
101. When you want to test the depths of a stream, don't use both feet.
102. Where there is a sea there are pirates.
103. Young pigs grunt as as old pigs grunted before them.
104. You have the right to remain silent - please use it now.
105. The secret: Find an age you like and stick to it.
106. I am dressed and out of bed - what more do you want?
107. Dinner is ready when the smoke alarm goes of
108. I`m not shy - I`m just examining my prey.
109. A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.
110. Fast Ripe, Fast Rotten.
111. An ass is but an ass, though laden with gold.
112. "Two sure ways to fail... Think and never do or do and never think" Zig Ziglar
113. Is your glass half empty or is your glass half full?
114. "Sometimes a winner is just a dreamer who never gave up."
115. "When facing a difficult task, act as if you cannot fail.
116. 'Nothing changes until you do'
117. "You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call “failure” is not the falling down, but the staying down."
     
118. Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain
119. "Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones." Sir Winston Churchill
120. "Success will be waiting for you. The only thing you have to do is admit to yourself you are capable of achieving it."
121. 
     Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.' Abraham Lincoln
122. "If you can't change the circumstances, change your perspective."
123. "It Is Not Where We Stand, But In What Direction We Are Moving."
124. 99% of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.
125. "To succeed, you must first improve, to improve, you must first practice, to practice, you must first learn, to learn, you must first fail."
126. "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." Thomas A. Edison
127. "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity." Sir Winston Churchill
128. "Opportunity Is Missed By Most People Because It Is Dressed In Overalls and Looks Like Work." - Thomas Edison
129. "Failure is not an option - Its a choice"
130. "All Change Is Not Growth, As All Movement Is Not Forward."
131. "If You Aim at Nothing, You Are Sure to Hit It."
132. "We Think. We Feel. We Act."
133. 'Nobody who bought a drill actually wanted a drill. They wanted a hole. Therefore, if you want to sell drills, you should advertise information about making holes - NOT information about drills!'
134. "If You Want Things You Never Had Before, Be Prepared To Do Things You Never Did Before."
135. "A Goal Is A Dream With A Deadline; A Dream Without A Goal Is A Fantasy."
136. "Choice, Not Chance, Determines Destiny."