Winners never cheat and cheaters never win Judge not, lest ye be judged If you're in a hole, stop digging Don't cut off your nose to spite your face Possible Interpretation: Do not take on more responsibility than you can handle at any one time Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked Beware Greeks bearing gifts Variant: A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all Happy wife, happy life Don't look a gift horse in the mouth From the Latin, de gustibus non est disputandum Where's there's muck, there's brass Repeating a lie doesn't make that lie true A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat There are no small parts, only small actors Give the Devil his due Curiosity killed the cat Never trouble trouble until trouble troubles you If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? You can't tell a book by its cover Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me He who laughs last laughs longest One murder makes a villian, millions a hero Chance favors the prepared mind The exception proves the rule If the shoe fits, wear it ----------
Common sense to a limit is Natural; But more of it is Genius Nothing ventured, nothing gained You can lead (take) a horse to water but you can't make it drink Possible Interpretation: All style and no substance Fine feathers make fine birds Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: Paddle your own This has a parallel in Chaucer, Murder will out A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat Example: When our car ran out of gas, we were up a creek without a paddle Bloom where you are planted All for one and one for all From "The Three Muscuteers" of Alexandre Dumas pere Fools rush in where angels fear to tread Fools rush in where angels fear to tread Hindsight is 20/20 Rule #1: Mom is always right Rule #2: If Mom is wrong, refer to rule #1 Meaner than a junk-yard dog Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime The one who dies with the most toys, still dies No time to waste like the present Grow where you are planted Variant attributed to Hugh Hefner: "No nudes is bad nudes" A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on You can't tell a book by its cover It's never too late to mend The highest attainable level of quality (also used is: Good as Greg) Hang a thief when he's young, and he'll no' steal when he's old [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
