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Originally Posted by pdurrant
- Look before you leap.
He who hesitates is lost Shayne Parkinson
You snooze, you lose Shayne Parkinson
Strike while the iron is hot BenG
You never know what can be done until you try it orlok
- Out of sight, out of mind.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder Shayne Parkinson
- Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
Faint heart never won fair maiden
Haste makes waste BenG
- It's better to be safe than sorry.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself Dathi
Faint heart never won fair maiden orlok
- Don't judge a book by its cover.
First impressions are the most lasting Dathi
What you see is what you get orlok
Clothes make the man BenG
Face is the index of mind orlok
- The squeaking wheel gets the grease.
Silence is golden BenG
- Opposites attract.
Like attracts like Shayne Parkinson
Birds of a feather flock together BenG
- Actions speak louder than words.
The pen is mightier than the sword orlok
- Many hands make light work.
Too many cooks spoil the broth Shayne Parkinson
He travel's fastest who travels alone. BenG
- The more, the merrier.
Hell is other people Bilbo1967
Three's a crowd issybird
- Seek and ye shall find.
All things come to him who waits. issybird
- Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth Shayne Parkinson
- Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushBenG
BenG: 7
Bilbo1967: 1
Dathi: 2
issybird: 2
orlok: 5
Shayne Parkinson: 6 |
Some you all missed:
3: Don't cross that bridge until you come to it.
11: Curiosity killed the cat
13: Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
There are probably more - proverbs multiply like flies.
BenG take the prize: setting the next question.
Over to you, BenG.