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Much wants more and loses all.
Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
One swallow does not make summer.
Honesty is the best policy.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Persuasion is better than force.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.
Evil wishes, like fowls, come home to roost.
You may play a good card once too often.
You cannot believe a liar even when he tells the truth.
Look before your leap.
Deeds, not words.
Example is better than precept.
Show gratitude where gratitude is due.
Union is strength.
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
They complain most who suffer least.
There are two sides to every question.
What is worth most is often valued least.
A hypocrite deceives no one but himself.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
Might makes right.
Quality, not quantity.
The want of a good excuse never kept a villain from crime.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Self-help is the best help.
Every man for himself.
Pride comes before a fall.
Revenge is a two-edged sword.
False confidence often leads to disaster.
Injuries are never forgotten in the presence of those who caused them.
A man is known by the company he keeps.
Think twice before you act.
There is no virtue in giving to others what is useless to oneself.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Out of the frying-pan into the fire.
Do not promise more than you can perform.
Happy is he who learns from the misfortunes of others.
Better servitude with safety than freedom with danger.
One good turn deserves another.
The scene of past sufferings revives painful memories.
