“ A fool and his money are quickly parted. J. Bridges (1587) “ A watched pot never boils. unknown “...
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A fool and his money are quickly parted.
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A watched pot never boils.
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A word once let out of the cage cannot be whistled back again.
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Always be prepared.
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Be careful what you ask for; you may get it.
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Be ever vigilant but never suspicious.
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Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.
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Better the devil you know than the one you don't
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Better to be safe than sorry.
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Beware a rickety wall, a savage dog and a quarrelsome person.
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Beware the door with too many keys.
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Beware the fury of a patient man.
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Beware the Greeks bearing gifts.
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Beware the person with nothing to lose.
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Buyer beware.
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Choose your neighbors before you buy your house.
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Creditors have better memories than debtors.
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Do not allow sins to get beyond creeping.
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Don't be caught flat
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Don't sail out farther than you can row back.
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Easy does it.
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Eggs have no business dancing with stones.
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
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Fear the Greeks bearing gifts.
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Fine feathers don't make fine birds.
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Fish don't get caught in deep water.
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Forewarn'd, forearm'd.
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Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.
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He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.
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Hear reason or she will make you feel her.
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If you are going a long way, go slowly.
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If you buy what you don't need, you steal from yourself.
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If you call one wolf, you invite the pack.
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Ill weeds grow fast.
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It's an ill wind that blows no good.
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It's but little good you'll do a
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Keep no more cats than will catch mice.
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Look before you leap.
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Measure a thousand times; cut once.
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Mind your p's and q's.
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Never reveal the bottom of your purse or the depth of your mind.
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Nothing seems expensive on credit.
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Once a word is spoken, it flies, you can't catch it.
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Once bitten, twice shy.
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One must not play on the nose of a sleeping bear.
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One thing leads to another.
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Only a fool tests the water with both feet.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Penny wise, pound foolish.
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Pick your poison.
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Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.
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Sleeping people can't fall down.
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Tap even a stone bridge before crossing it.
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The crab that walks too far, falls into the pot.
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The hardest person to awaken is the person already awake.
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The honey is sweet but the bee has a sting.
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The prudent embark when the sea is calm
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The second word makes the quarrel.
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Walls have ears.
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