Concise But Rich
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- Curiosity killed the cat.
- All is fair in love and war.
- The art of necessity is strange. It makes vile things precious.
- Art has no enemy except ignorance.(Latin)
- "El Amor es un leon que come los carazon.(Spanish)
- The best things in life are free.
- Boys will be boys.
- Beggars can't be choosers.
- Back again,like a bad penny.
- The cobler's wife is the worst shod.
- A creaking gate hangs long.
- The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.
- Do your duty, come what may.
- Easy come, easy go.
- Easier said than done.
- For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
- Familiarity breeds contempt.
- The fox condamns the trap, not himself.
- Good and quickly seldom meet.
- Grasp all, lose all.
- A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
- Haste makes waste.
- Honesty is the best policy.
- Hard work always pays off.
- It is never too late to mend.
- It takes two to make a quarrel.
- If you want a thing well-done, do it yourself.
- Jack of all trades and master of none.
- Knowledge is power.
- Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it.
- Little brooks make great rivers.
- Let well alone.
- Learn to walk before you run.
- More haste, less speed.
- More than enough is too much.
- Many hands make light work.
- Never show your teeth if you can't bite.
- Never say die!
- Necessity has no law.
- Once bitten, twice shy.
- One good turn deserves another.
- One ploughs, another sows
- Who will reap,no one knows.
- Practice makes perfect.
- Practice what you preach.
- Paddle your own canoe.
- "Qui cherche trouve"(fr)
- "Qui donne aux pauvre, prète à Dieu"(fr)
- The river passed and God forgotten.
- "Redime te captum, quam queas minimo.(Latin)
- Redeem yourself from captivity as cheaply as you can.
- The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
- Small rain lays great dust.
- The sky's the limit.
- "Le soleil ne se démode jamais"(fr).
- Two wrongs don't make a right.
- Think of ease and work on.
- Too many cooks spoil the broth.
- United we stand, divided we fall.
- "La vérité existe, on n'invente que les monsonges".(fr)
- Where there is peace, God is.
- When war begins Hell opens.
- Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well.
- You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
- You must go into the country to hear what news in london.
- You can't be in two places at the same time.
- Wish for the best but plan for the worst.
- Better late than never.
- All is well that ends well.
- All good things come to an end.
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