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Cold hands, warm heart |
Comparisons are odious |
Count your blessings |
Courage is the measure of a Man, Beauty is the measure of a Woman |
Cowards may die many times before their death |
Crime does not pay |
Cross the stream where it is shallowest |
Cut your coat according to your cloth |
Curiosity killed the cat |
Dead men tell no tales |
Denial is not a river in Egypt |
Devil take the hindmost |
Discretion is the better part of valour |
Do as I say, not as I do |
Do as you would be done by |
Do not bite the hand that feeds you |
Do not burn your bridges behind you |
Do not carry coals to Newcastle |
Do not cast your pearls before swine |
Do not cry over spilled milk |
Do not change horses in midstream |
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched |
Do not cross the bridge till you come to it |
Do not cut off your nose to spite your face |
Do not dish it if you can't take it |
Do not judge a book by its cover |
Do not keep a dog and bark yourself |
Do not let the bastards grind you down |
Do not let the grass grow beneath |
Do not look a gift horse in the mouth |
Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill |
Do not meet troubles half-way |
Do not put all your eggs in one basket |
Do not put the cart before the horse |
Do not put too many irons in the fire |
Do not put new wine into old bottles |
Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today |
Do not rock the boat |
Do not shut/lock the stable door after the horse has bolted |
Do not spend it all in one place |
Do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar |
Do not throw pearls to swine |
Do not teach your Grandmother to suck eggs |
Do not throw the baby out with the bathwater |
Do not try to walk before you can crawl |
Do not upset the apple-cart |
Do not wash your dirty linen in public |
Do not sympathize with those who can not empathize |
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Often referred to as the Golden Rule |
Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom |
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise |
Easier said than done |
East is east, and west is west |
East, west, home is best |
Easy come, easy go |
Easy, times easy, is still easy |
Early marriage, earlier pregnant |
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper |
Eat, drink and be merry, |
Empty vessels make the most noise |
Enough is as good as a feast |
Even a worm will turn |
Even from a foe a man may learn wisdom |
Every cloud has a silver lining |
Every dog has his day |
Every Jack has his Jill |
Every little bit helps |
Every man for himself |
Every man has his price |
Every picture tells a story |
Every stick has two ends |
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die |
Everyone has their price |
Everything comes to those who wait |
Every tide has its ebb |
Failing to plan is planning to fail |
Faint heart never won fair lady |
Fair exchange is no robbery |
Faith will move mountains |
Fall seven times, stand up eight |
False friends are worse than open enemies |
Fake it till you make it |
Familiarity breeds contempt |
Feed a cold, starve a fever |
Fight fire with fire |
Fine feathers make fine birds |
Fine words butter no parsnips |
First come, first served |
First impressions are the most lasting |
First things first |
Fish always rots from the head downwards |
Fish and guests smell after three days |
Flattery will get you nowhere |
Fools rush in |
For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the man was lost |
Forewarned is forearmed |
Fortune favours the bold/brave |
Free is for me |
From the sublime to the ridiculous |
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains |
Subsets and Splits