Def     A bad penny always turns up.
Def     A bad settlement is better than a good lawsuit.
Def     A bad workman blames his tools.
Def     A bean in liberty is better than a comfit in prison.
Def     A big tree attracts the woodsman's axe.
Def     A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Def     A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.
Def     A burnt child dreads the fire.
Def     A camel is a horse designed by committee.
Def     A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.
Def     A candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Def     A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.
Def     A character never dies.
Def     A closed mouth catches no flies.
Def     A closed mouth don't get fed.
Def     A constant guest is never welcome.
Def     A coward dies a thousand times before his death.
Def     A drop of knowledge is greater than an ocean of strength.
Def     A dull pencil is greater than the sharpest memory.
Def     A fox smells its own lair first.
Def     A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Def     A good beginning makes a good ending.
Def     A good enemy is a better person than a false friend.
Def     A good man in an evil society seems the greatest villain of all.
Def     A good surgeon has an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand.
Def     A great lie may be widely accepted before the truth comes to light.
Def     A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
Def     A half truth is a whole lie.
Def     A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
Def     A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
Def     A lie will always spawn a bigger lie.
Def     A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Def     A little pot is easily hot.
Def     A loaded wagon makes no noise.
Def     A man is cosmos in his self.
Def     A man is known by the company he keeps.
Def     A man's home is his castle.
Def     A miss by an inch is a miss by a mile.
Def     A new broom sweeps clean.
Def     A penny saved is a penny earned.
Def     A picture is worth a thousand words.
Def     A rising tide lifts all boats.
Def     A rolling stone gathers no moss.
Def     A son is a son 'till he gets him a wife; a daughter's a daughter all her life.
Def     A still tongue makes a wise head.
Def     A stitch in time saves nine.
Def     A thief thinks everyone steals.
Def     A watched pot never boils.
Def     A woman is like a cup of tea; you'll never know how strong she is until she boils.
Def     Ability can take you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there.
Def     Absence makes the heart grow fonder but makes the mind forget.
Def     Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Def     Act today only, tomorrow is too late
Def     Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.
Def     Actions speak louder than words.
Def     Advice most needed is least heeded.
Def     After dinner sit a while, after supper walk a mile.
Def     All cats love fish but hate to get their paws wet.
Def     All flowers are not in one garden.
Def     All for one and one for all.
Def     All good things must come to an end.
Def     All is well that ends well.
Def     All roads lead to Rome.
Def     All sizzle and no steak.
Def     All that glisters is not gold.
Def     All that is old is not gold.
Def     All things come to those who wait.
Def     All's fair in love and war.
Def     An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Def     An empty vessel makes the most noise.
Def     An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Def     An eye for an eye will make the whole world blind.
Def     An ill labourer quarrels with his tools.
Def     An old dog will learn no tricks.
Def     An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
Def     An unasked question is the most futile thing in the world.
Def     Appreciation is motivation.
Def     April showers bring May flowers.
Def     As fit as a fiddle.
Def     As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Def     As soon as a man is born, he begins to die.
Def     As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.
Def     Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies.
Def     Aught for naught, and a penny change.
Def     Bad news travels fast.
Def     Barking dogs seldom bite.
Def     Barking up the wrong tree.
Def     Be careful before every step.
Def     Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it.
Def     Before criticizing a man, walk a mile in his shoes.
Def     Before the storm comes the calm
Def     Beggars can't be choosers.
Def     Beginning is half done.
Def     Better late than never.
Def     Better safe than sorry.
Def     Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
Def     Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Def     Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Def     Birds of the same feather flock together.
Def     Bitter pills may have blessed effects.
Def     Blood is thicker than water.
Def     Bloom where you are planted.
Def     Boys will be boys.
Def     Brain is better than brawn.
Def     Bread is the stuff of life.
Def     Buy the best and you only cry once.
Def     Change is the only constant.
Def     Cheaters are invariably liars.
Def     Clearer the conscience, merrier the life.
Def     Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Def     Decisions are never good or bad, consequences are.
Def     Deserving something and not getting is better than getting something undeserved.
Def     Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Def     Different strokes for different folks.
Def     Discretion is the better part of valour.
Def     Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
Def     Do it today, tomorrow it may be against the law.
Def     Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Def     Doctors make the worst patients.
Def     Don't ask God to guide your footsteps if you're not willing to move your feet.
Def     Don't bark if you can't bite.
Def     Don't bite off more than you can chew.
Def     Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
Def     Don't bring a knife to a gun fight.
Def     Don't burn your bridges.
Def     Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
Def     Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork.
Def     Don't enter your nose in the affairs of others.
Def     Don't fall before you're pushed.
Def     Don't have too many irons in the fire.
Def     Don't judge a book by its cover.
Def     Don't judge a man by the size of his hat, but by the angle of his tilt.
Def     Don't let procrastination eat your own clock.
Def     Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Def     Don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
Def     Don't mend what ain't broken.
Def     Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Def     Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone.
Def     Don't spit into the wind.
Def     Don't take life too seriously; you'll never get out of it alive.
Def     Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It doesn't work, and you'll annoy the pig.
Def     Don't worry, God has a plan.
Def     Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.
Def     Dreams are not the ones which come when you sleep, but they are the ones which will not let you sleep.
Def     Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Def     Education is a progressive discovering of our own ignorance.
Def     Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference.
Def     Enjoy what you don't know.
Def     Even a broken clock is right twice a day.
Def     Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked.
Def     Even angels have teeth.
Def     Every dog has its day.
Def     Every rose has its thorn.
Def     Everyday living is life lessons.
Def     Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die.
Def     Everything can be justified until it happens to you.
Def     Everything changes; everything stays the same.
Def     Everything good in life is either illegal, immoral, or fattening.
Def     Everything in its own time.


Def     Failure is not falling down, you fail when you don't get back up.
Def     Failure is the first step to success.
Def     Failure is the stepping stone for success.
Def     Fall down seven times, stand up eight.
Def     Falling down does not signify failure but staying there does.
Def     Familiarity breeds contempt.
Def     Fifty percent of something is better than one hundred percent of nothing.
Def     Fine feathers make fine birds.
Def     Fine words butter no parsnips.
Def     Fingers were invented before knives and forks.
Def     First come, first served.
Def     First deserve, then desire.
Def     First things first.
Def     Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Def     Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Def     Forewarned is forearmed.
Def     Forgive, but don't forget.
Def     Fortune favours the brave.
Def     Fretting cares make grey hairs.
Def     From those to whom much is given, much is expected.
Def     Garbage in, Garbage out.
Def     Give a dog a bad name and he'll live up to it.
Def     Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Def     Give and take is fair play.
Def     Give credit where credit is due.
Def     Give him an inch and he'll take a mile.
Def     Give people a common enemy and hopefully they will work together.
Def     Give respect, take respect.
Def     Give, and ye shall receive.
Def     Go with the flow.
Def     God cures and the physician takes the fee.
Def     God don't like ugly and he ain't stuck on pretty.
Def     God takes care of drunks.
Def     Good eating deserves good drinking.
Def     Good fences make good neighbors.
Def     Good men are hard to find.
Def     Great minds think alike, but fools seldom differ.
Def     Great oaks from little acorns grow.
Def     Green leaves and brown leaves fall from the same tree.
Def     Grow where you are planted.
Def     Guns for show, knives for a pro.
Def     Haste makes waste.
Def     He doesn't boast who does the most.
Def     He laughs best who laughs last.
Def     He who hesitates is lost.
Def     Health is wealth.
Def     Heritage is invaluable.
Def     Home is where the heart is.


Def     I came, I saw, I conquered.
Def     I complained I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
Def     I have the whole world against me, I show my back and the whole world is following me.
Def     I know I know nothing
Def     I think, therefore I am.
Def     I wasn't born yesterday.
Def     Idle hands are the devil's playthings.
Def     If all else fails, try the obvious.
Def     If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
Def     If God had wanted man to fly, he would have given him wings.
Def     If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Def     If it can't be cured, it must be endured.
Def     If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
Def     If it's too good to be true, then it probably is.
Def     If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well.
Def     If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Def     If something can go wrong, it will.
Def     If the shoe fits, wear it.
Def     If you believe that dreams can come true be prepared for the occasional nightmare.
Def     If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
Def     If you buy quality, you only cry once.
Def     If you can't be good, be careful.
Def     If you can't be good, be good at it.
Def     If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten.
Def     If you can't beat them, join them.
Def     If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.
Def     If you don't buy a ticket, you can't win the raffle.
Def     If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all
Def     If you don't know where you're going, any train will get you there.
Def     If you fake it, you can't make it.
Def     If you fall off a cliff, you might as well try to fly. After all, you got nothing to lose.
Def     If you snooze you lose.
Def     If you trust before you try, you may repent before you die.
Def     If you want a thing done right, do it yourself.
Def     If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.
Def     If you want to judge a man's character, give him power.
Def     If you were born to be shot, you'll never be hanged.
Def     If you're in a hole, stop digging.
Def     If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
Def     Ignorance is bliss.
Def     In for a dime, in for a dollar.
Def     In one ear and out the other.
Def     In order to get where you want to go, you first have to leave where you are.
Def     In the end, a man's motives are second to his accomplishments.
Def     In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Def     In the law there are no small cases, only small lawyers.
Def     In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.
Def     In the mind of thieves the moon is always shining.
Def     Infatuations are a plenty. Love is rare.
Def     Instinct never lies.
Def     It is better to die on one's feet than live on one's knees.
Def     It is not so much the gift that is given but the way in which the gift is driven.
Def     It is through the small things we do that we learn, not the big things.
Def     It pays to pay attention.
Def     It takes all sorts to make a world.
Def     It takes both rain and sunshine to make rainbows.
Def     It takes two to lie — one to lie and one to listen.
Def     It takes two to make a quarrel.
Def     It takes two to tango.
Def     It's always darkest before the dawn.
Def     It's an ill wind that blows no good.
Def     It's better to be safe than sorry.
Def     It's better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak up and remove all doubt.
Def     It's better to give than to receive.
Def     It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Def     It's better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all.
Def     It's better to have something you don't need than to need something you don't have.
Def     It's better to tell the truth and be rejected, than to tell a lie and get accepted.
Def     It's better to want something you can't have than have something you don't want.
Def     It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.
Def     It's easy to be wise after the event.
Def     It's never too late to mend.
Def     It's no use crying over spilt milk.
Def     It's not over till it's over.
Def     It's not the size of the boat, it's the motion of the ocean.
Def     It's often a person's mouth broke their nose.
Def     It's the early bird that gets the worm.
Def     It's the empty can that makes the most noise.
Def     It's the squeaky wheel that gets the grease.
Def     Justice delayed is justice denied.


Def     Keep some till more come.
Def     Keep your mouth shut and your eyes open.
Def     Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns.
Def     Kindness, like grain, increase by sowing.
Def     Knaves and fools divide the world.
Def     Knowledge creates mysteries.
Def     Knowledge is power.
Def     Laugh when you're happy, cry when you're sad, and do both when you're the happiest you've ever been.
Def     Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
Def     Learn to walk before you run.
Def     Least said sooner mended.
Def     Leave it alone and it will grow on its own.
Def     Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.
Def     Let sleeping dogs lie.
Def     Let us go hand in hand,not one before another.
Def     Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas.
Def     Life begins at forty.
Def     Life does not come with any guarantees.
Def     Life is a perception of your own reality.
Def     Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're gonna get.
Def     Life is too short to drink bad wine.
Def     Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
Def     Life is what you do while you're waiting to die.
Def     Life is what you make of it.
Def     Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
Def     Like cures like.
Def     Like father, like son.
Def     Like water off a duck's back.
Def     Little by little and bit by bit.
Def     Little enemies and little wounds must not be despised.
Def     Live simply to let others simply live.
Def     Long absent, soon forgotten.
Def     Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
Def     Look before you leap.
Def     Look on the sunny side of life.
Def     Loose lips sink ships.
Def     Love is a bridge between two hearts.
Def     Love is anger disappointed.
Def     Love is blind.
Def     Love is like war, easy to start, hard to end, impossible to forget.
Def     Love is not finding someone to live with; it's finding someone whom you can't live without.
Def     Love of Money is the root of all evil.
Def     Luck favors the prepared.
Def     Make a Friend when you don't need One.
Def     Make hay while the sun shines.
Def     Make the best of a bad bargain.
Def     Man is truly himself when he's alone.
Def     Man wasn't born to suffer but to carry on.
Def     Manners maketh the man.
Def     Many hands make light work.
Def     Measure twice, cut once.
Def     Mind your P's and Q's.
Def     Mirrors do everything we do, but they cannot think for themselves.
Def     Misery loves company.
Def     Misfortunes never come singly.
Def     Money can't buy everything, but everything needs money
Def     Money cannot buy happiness.
Def     Money is the means, not the end.
Def     Money makes the mare go.
Def     Money makes the world go around.
Def     Monkey see, monkey do.
Def     More haste, less speed.


Def     Nature, time, and patience are three great physicians.
Def     Necessity is the mother of all invention, but Laziness is the father.
Def     Necessity is the mother of invention.
Def     Never hand an ill workman good tools.
Def     Never judge the book by its cover.
Def     Never let the right hand know what the left hand is doing.
Def     Never lie to your doctor.
Def     Never lie to your lawyer.
Def     Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Def     Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Def     Never say die.
Def     Never say never.
Def     Never trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you.
Def     No man can serve two masters.
Def     No news is good news.
Def     No pain, no gain.
Def     No time like the present.
Def     Nobody leaves us, we only leave others.
Def     Nothing is perfect, imperfection included.
Def     Nothing to be feared in life, but understood.
Def     Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Def     Old is Gold.
Def     On your feet lose your seat.
Def     Once bitten, twice shy.
Def     Once in a lifetime comes often, so be prepared.
Def     One good turn deserves another.
Def     One grain of sand can tip the scale.
Def     One hand washes the other.
Def     One man's junk is another man's treasure.
Def     One man's meat is another man's poison.
Def     One murder makes a villain, millions a hero.
Def     One rotten apple will spoil the whole barrel.
Def     One scabbed sheep mars the whole flock.
Def     One should not think, when one is not equipped for the job.
Def     One swallow doesn't make a summer.
Def     Only a coward will write an anonymous letter.
Def     Only bad drivers cut corners.
Def     Only the good die young.
Def     Opportunity is waiting, you need but to open the door.
Def     Opportunity knocks only once.
Def     Our costliest expenditure is time.
Def     Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.
Def     Out of sight, Out of mind.


Def     Paddle your own canoe.
Def     Pain is only weakness leaving the body.
Def     Patience is a virtue.
Def     Penny wise, pound foolish.
Def     People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Def     Perfect Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
Def     Persistence becomes Reality.
Def     Politics makes strange bedfellows.
Def     Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Def     Practice before you preach.
Def     Practice make man perfect.
Def     Practice what you preach.
Def     Prevention is better than cure.
Def     Pride comes before a fall.
Def     Procrastination is the thief of time.
Def     Profit is divine but greed is evil.
Def     Put a beggar on horseback and he'll ride it to death.
Def     Put it in song, put it in drink; but never, ever put it in ink!
Def     Rather be a dog in peace, than to be a man in chaos.
Def     Reality is not only stranger than we imagine, it is stranger than we can imagine.
Def     Reality is often stranger than fiction
Def     Repetition is the mother of memory.
Def     Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Def     Rome wasn't built in a day.
Def     Rules were meant to be broken.
Def     Same meat, different gravy.
Def     Same trouble, different day.
Def     Say something nice or say nothing at all.
Def     Seek and ye shall find.
Def     Seek water in the sea.
Def     Self trust is the first secret of success.
Def     Shallow graves for shallow people.
Def     Silence is golden.
Def     Simple minds think alike.
Def     Slow and steady wins the race.
Def     Slow but sure.
Def     Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone.
Def     So close, yet so far.
Def     Some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets you.
Def     Someone who gossips to you will gossip about you.
Def     Something is better than nothing.
Def     Something worth doing is worth doing well.
Def     Spare the rod, spoil the child.
Def     Speak the truth, but leave immediately.
Def     Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.
Def     Still waters run deep.
Def     Stolen fruit is the sweetest.
Def     Strike while the iron is hot.
Def     Stupidity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.
Def     Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.
Def     Success is a journey not a destination.


Def     Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.
Def     Take it with a grain of salt.
Def     Talk of the devil and he's sure to appear.
Def     That which does not kill you, makes you stronger.
Def     The apple never falls far from the tree.
Def     The ball is in your court.
Def     The belly has no ears.
Def     The best is yet to come.
Def     The best things come in small packages.
Def     The best things in life are free.
Def     The child is father to the man.
Def     The coat makes the man.
Def     The cure is worse than the disease.
Def     The customer is always right.
Def     The early bird catches the worm. But the second mouse gets the cheese.
Def     The ends justify the means.
Def     The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Def     The exception proves the rule.
Def     The first step to health is to know that we are sick.
Def     The grass is always greener on the other side.
Def     The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Def     The head and feet keep warm, the rest will take no harm.
Def     The key to all action lies in belief.
Def     The longest mile is the last mile home.
Def     The money is burning a hole in my pocket.
Def     The more one's possessions, the more one's fear of losing.
Def     The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Def     The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
Def     The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.
Def     The only free cheese is in the mouse trap.
Def     The only stupid question is the one that is not asked.
Def     The pen is mightier than the sword.
Def     The pitcher which goes too often to the well gets broken.
Def     The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Def     The rotten apple injures its neighbors.
Def     The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.
Def     The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Def     The start of a journey should never be mistaken for success.
Def     The straw that broke the camel's back.
Def     The teacher has not taught, until the student has learned.
Def     The truth is in the wine.
Def     The truth shall set you free.
Def     The value is determined by the agreement of two people.
Def     The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
Def     The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.
Def     The whole is greater than its parts.
Def     The wish is father to the thought.
Def     The worst good day is always better than the best bad day.
Def     There are no endings: only new beginnings.
Def     There are no facts; only interpretations of facts.
Def     There are no small parts, only small actors.
Def     There are so many things to say that are better left unsaid.
Def     There are three types of lies - lies, damned lies, and statistics.
Def     There is a thin line between love and hate.
Def     There is luck in odd numbers.
Def     There is no god except God.
Def     There is no point of knowledge or wisdom if not dotted.
Def     There's a method in his madness.
Def     There's always a calm before a storm.
Def     There's more than one way to skin a cat.
Def     There's no accounting for taste.
Def     There's no arguing with the barrel of a gun.
Def     There's no peace for the wicked.
Def     There's no place like home.
Def     There's no point in washing clean things.
Def     There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Def     There's no time like the present.
Def     Think before you speak.
Def     Thinking the worst always prepares you for the worst.
Def     This, too, shall pass.
Def     Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Def     Those who run with pigs, smell like pigs.
Def     Time and tide wait for none.
Def     Time flies.
Def     Time is gold.
Def     Tit for Tat.
Def     To burn the candle at both ends.
Def     To each, his own.
Def     To know the road ahead ask those coming back.
Def     Tomorrow is another day.
Def     Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Def     Trapped between a rock and a hard place.
Def     Tread on a worm and it will turn.
Def     Trouble shared is trouble halved.
Def     Truth is stranger than fiction.
Def     Try not to become a man of success but a man of value.
Def     Try try but don't cry.
Def     Two heads are better than one.
Def     Two sides of the same coin.
Def     Two things prolong your life: A quiet heart and a loving wife.
Def     Two wrongs don't make a right.
Def     Two's company; three's a crowd.


Def     United we stand, divided we fall.
Def     Use it or lose it.
Def     Variety is the spice of life.
Def     Virtue which parleys is near a surrender.
Def     Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
Def     Walk softly, carry a big stick.
Def     Walk the walk and talk the talk.
Def     Waste not, want not.
Def     We are all on this earth, we can't get off so get on.
Def     We deserve the goverment we elect.
Def     We have nothing to fear but fear itself.
Def     We must take the bad with the good.
Def     We must take the bitter with the sweet.
Def     Well begun is half done.
Def     Well done is better than well said.
Def     What goes around comes around.
Def     What goes up must come down.
Def     What you see is what you get.
Def     What you sow is what you reap.
Def     What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
Def     When a thing is done advice comes too late.
Def     When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
Def     When it rains, it pours.
Def     When one door closes, another door opens.
Def     When the cat is away, the mice will play.
Def     When the going gets tough, the tough get going.
Def     When you lie on roses while young, you'll lie on thorns while you're old.
Def     Where there's a will, there's a way.
Def     Where vice goes before, vengeance follows after.
Def     Winners don't quit, thats why they win.
Def     Winners make it happen, losers let it happen.
Def     Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Def     Winning is earning. Losing is learning.
Def     Winning isn't everything, It's the only thing.
Def     Words uttered only causes confusion. Words written only causes history.
Def     Working hard or hardly working?
Def     You always admire what you really dont understand.
Def     You can either have a job or a life.
Def     You can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.
Def     You can't mend a broken egg.
Def     You scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.