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Concise But Rich


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  1. Curiosity killed the cat.
  2. All is fair in love and war.
  3. The art of necessity is strange. It makes vile things precious.
  4. Art has no enemy except ignorance.(Latin)
  5. "El Amor es un leon que come los carazon.(Spanish)
  6. The best things in life are free.
  7. Boys will be boys.
  8. Beggars can't be choosers.
  9. Back again,like a bad penny.
  10. The cobler's wife is the worst shod.

  11. A creaking gate hangs long.
  12. The darkest hour has only sixty minutes.
  13. Do your duty, come what may.
  14. Easy come, easy go.
  15. Easier said than done.
  16. For want of a nail, the shoe was lost.
  17. Familiarity breeds contempt.
  18. The fox condamns the trap, not himself.
  19. Good and quickly seldom meet.
  20. Grasp all, lose all.

  21. A guilty conscience needs no accuser.
  22. Haste makes waste.
  23. Honesty is the best policy.
  24. Hard work always pays off.
  25. It is never too late to mend.
  26. It takes two to make a quarrel.
  27. If you want a thing well-done, do it yourself.
  28. Jack of all trades and master of none.
  29. Knowledge is power.
  30. Keep a thing seven years and you'll find a use for it.

  31. Little brooks make great rivers.
  32. Let well alone.
  33. Learn to walk before you run.
  34. More haste, less speed.
  35. More than enough is too much.
  36. Many hands make light work.
  37. Never show your teeth if you can't bite.
  38. Never say die!
  39. Necessity has no law.
  40. Once bitten, twice shy.

  41. One good turn deserves another.
  42. One ploughs, another sows
  43. Who will reap,no one knows.
  44. Practice makes perfect.
  45. Practice what you preach.
  46. Paddle your own canoe.
  47. "Qui cherche trouve"(fr)
  48. "Qui donne aux pauvre, prète à Dieu"(fr)
  49. The river passed and God forgotten.
  50. "Redime te captum, quam queas minimo.(Latin)

  51. Redeem yourself from captivity as cheaply as you can.
  52. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
  53. Small rain lays great dust.
  54. The sky's the limit.
  55. "Le soleil ne se démode jamais"(fr).
  56. Two wrongs don't make a right.
  57. Think of ease and work on.
  58. Too many cooks spoil the broth.
  59. United we stand, divided we fall.
  60. "La vérité existe, on n'invente que les monsonges".(fr)

  61. Where there is peace, God is.
  62. When war begins Hell opens.
  63. Whatever is worth doing, is worth doing well.
  64. You can lead a horse to the water, but you can't make him drink.
  65. You must go into the country to hear what news in london.
  66. You can't be in two places at the same time.
  67. Wish for the best but plan for the worst.
  68. Better late than never.
  69. All is well that ends well.
  70. All good things come to an end.
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