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Proverbs
| • | People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 11 |
| • | Fish and guests smell after three days. 9 |
| • | When the cat's away, the mice will play. 8 |
| • | Revenge is sweet. 8 |
| • | Fortune favours the brave. 8 |
| • | The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 8 |
| • | Don't count your chickens before they hatch. 7 |
| • | Don't bite the hand that feeds you. 7 |
| • | Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. 7 |
| • | A golden key can open any door. 7 |
| • | The liar is not believed even when he tells the truth. 6 |
| • | Sleep is the best doctor. 6 |
| • | There’s a first time for everything. 6 |
| • | A man is known by his friends. 6 |
| • | Children and fools tell the truth. 6 |
| • | Men will only throw stones at trees that are laden with fruit. 5 |
| • | Barking dogs seldom bite. 5 |
| • | The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. 5 |
| • | He who laughs last, laughs best. 5 |
| • | Better late than never. 5 |
| • | Things may get worse before they get better. 5 |
| • | The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. 5 |
| • | Don’t saw off the branch you are sitting on. 5 |
| • | Nobody is perfect. 5 |
| • | Shrouds have no pockets. 5 |
| • | Revenge is a dish best served cold. 5 |
| • | Good fences make good neighbours. 5 |
| • | Eyes are the mirror of the soul. 5 |
| • | The exception which proves the rule. 5 |
| • | Attack is the best form of defence. 5 |
| • | An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 5 |
| • | The end justifies the means. 4 |
| • | One swallow does not make a summer. 4 |
| • | Set a thief to catch a thief. 4 |
| • | Who chases two hares at the same time, does not catch any. 4 |
| • | Walls have ears. 4 |
| • | Rats desert a sinking ship. 4 |
| • | The habit doesn't make the monk. 4 |
| • | Children are poor men's riches. 4 |
| • | To kill two birds with one stone. 4 |
| • | You reap what you sow. 4 |
| • | Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 4 |
| • | Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. 4 |
| • | No one sees the hump on his own back. 4 |
| • | Rome wasn't built in a day. 4 |
| • | Better wear out shoes than sheets. 4 |
| • | The customer is always right. 3 |
| • | Silence is golden. 3 |
| • | Fish always stink from the head down. 3 |
| • | Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. 3 |
| • | As you make your bed, so you must lie upon it. 3 |
| • | The cheapest is always the most expensive. 3 |
| • | Don't put the cart before the horse. 3 |
| • | He who laughs last, laughs the longest. 3 |
| • | Do not play with fire. 3 |
| • | Strike while the iron is hot. 3 |
| • | Give the devil his due. 3 |
| • | Don't change horses in midstream. 3 |
| • | In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king. 3 |
| • | Love, smoke and cough are hard to hide. 3 |
