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International proverb

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Proverbs

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

Fortune favours the brave.

Revenge is sweet.

A golden key can open any door.

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

When the cat's away, the mice will play.

A man is known by his friends.

There’s a first time for everything.

Fish and guests smell after three days.

Do not bite the hand that feeds you.

The liar is not believed even when he tells the truth.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Children and fools tell the truth.

    Good fences make good neighbours.

    Revenge is a dish best served cold.

    Men will only throw stones at trees that are laden with fruit.

    Barking dogs seldom bite.

    Nobody is perfect.

    Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.

    Don’t saw off the branch you are sitting on.

    Sleep is the best doctor.

    Things may get worse before they get better.

    He who laughs last, laughs best.

    The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

    Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

    Better wear out shoes than sheets.

    Attack is the best form of defence.

    The exception which proves the rule.

    Eyes are the mirror of the soul.

    Rome wasn't built in a day.

    Shrouds have no pockets.

    The end justifies the means.

    One swallow does not make a summer.

    Who chases two hares at the same time, does not catch any.

    Rats desert a sinking ship.

    Walls have ears.

    The habit doesn't make the monk.

    No one sees the hump on his own back.

    The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

    Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.

    Better late than never.

    Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

    You reap what you sow.

    To kill two birds with one stone.

    Children are poor men's riches.

    Silence is golden.

    The customer is always right.

    Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

    Fish always stink from the head down.

    Set a thief to catch a thief.

    As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it.

    The cheapest is always the most expensive.

    He who laughs last, laughs the longest.

    Don't put the cart before the horse.

    Do not play with fire.

    Strike while the iron is hot.

    Give the devil his due.

    Don't change horses in midstream.

    In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king.

    Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide.


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