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Give a dog a bad name and hang him |
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime |
Give a man rope enough and he will hang himself |
Give credit where credit is due |
Give him an inch and he will take a mile |
Give the devil his/her due |
God helps those who help themselves |
Good fences make good neighbours |
Good talk saves the food |
Good things come to those who wait |
Great minds think alike |
Half a loaf is better than no bread |
Handsome is as handsome does |
Hard cases make bad law |
Hard work never did anyone any harm |
Haste makes waste |
He that goes a-borrowing, goes a-sorrowing |
He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches |
He who hesitates is lost |
He who laughs last laughs longest |
He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword |
He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire – Laozi, Chinese philosopher |
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man |
He who pays the piper calls the tune |
He who knows does not speak. He who speaks does not know – Laozi, Chinese philosopher |
He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon |
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned; |
Hindsight is always twenty-twenty |
History repeats itself |
Home is where the heart is |
Honesty is the best policy |
Hope for the best, and prepare for the worst |
Hope springs eternal |
Horses for courses |
Hunger never knows the taste, sleep never knows the comfort |
Idle hands are the devil's playthings |
If anything can go wrong, it will |
If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well |
If at first you do not succeed, try, try again |
If God had meant us to fly, he would have given us wings |
If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there would be no work for tinkers |
If it ain't broke, don't fix it |
If it were not for hope the heart would break |
If it were a snake, it would have bit you |
If the shoe fits, wear it |
If the mountain will not come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain |
If wealth is lost, nothing is lost. If health is lost, something is lost. If character is lost, everything is lost |
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride |
If you're growing in age, then you're nearing to the graveyard |
If you cannot be good, be careful |
If you cannot beat them, join them |
If you cannot live longer, live deeper |
If you cannot stand the heat, get out of the kitchen |
If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll always ask for a glass of milk |
If you think that you know everything, then you're a Jack ass |
If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas |
If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys |
If you play with fire, you will get burned |
If you steal from one author, it is plagiarism; if you steal from many, it is research |
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself |
If you have never seen the bottom of the tree, you cannot know how tall it stands |
If you must dance with the Devil, you might as well know his favorite song |
If you've got it, flaunt it |
Ignorance is bliss |
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery |
In for a penny, in for a pound |
In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king |
In the midst of life, we are in death |
Into every life a little rain must fall |
It ain't over till/until it's over |
It ain't over till the fat lady sings |
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so |
It goes without saying |
It is a small world |
It is all grist to the mill |
It is an ill wind |
It is best to be on the safe side |
It is better to be smarter than you appear than to appear smarter than you are |
It is better to give than to receive |
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all |
It is better to cultivate a Land with two Bulls, rather working under Boss who never gives Wage when asked |
It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness |
It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive |
It is easy to be wise after the event |
It's Greek to me |
It is like juggling sand |
It is never too late |
It is no use crying over spilt milk |
It is no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted |
It is not enough to learn how to ride, you must also learn how to fall |
It is on |
It is the early bird that gets the worm |
It is the empty can that makes the most noise |
It is the squeaky wheel that gets the grease |
It is what it is |
It needs a hundred lies to cover a single lie |
It never rains but it pours |
It takes a thief to catch a thief |
It takes a whole village to raise a child |
It takes all sorts to make a world |
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