Subject: To equilibrate it burt

From: Rebecca Mitchell <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:22:12 +0100

The early bird gets the worm Lie down with dogs, wake up with fleas Little things mean a lot Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime

No money, no justice At least in Louisianiraq Still waters run deepest This has a parallel in Chaucer, Murder will out The cure is worse than the disease
Haste makes waste Time is of the essence The ball is in your court
It never rains, but it pours In the Bible, John 8:32 Sex is like war, both are exciting but neither informative A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing;
Well begun is half done Law is the solemn expression of legislative will CODE NAPOLEON He that will steal an egg will steal an ox To err is human; to forgive is divine (Pope, Essay on Criticism)
Possible Interpretation: You can achieve something in a variety of methods Give a dog a bad name and hang him Stolen fruit is sweet The more you know, the less you need
You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants Don't make a mountain out of a molehill Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt Alternative: Liquor on beer, have no fear Beer on liquor, never sicker
You win a few, you lose a few A picture is worth a thousand words, and yet picture books are for infants Laughter is the best medicine Let sleeping dogs lie (Cf Agatha Christie's Sleeping Murder)
or, It takes all sorts to make the world go round Even a dog can distinguish between being stumbled over and being kicked Possible Interpretation: Quiet people are often thoughtful If something can go wrong, it will (Murphy's Law)
Hard words break no bones And drinking largely sobers us again The early bird may catch the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese Steven Wright Variety is the spice of life Talk the hind legs off a donkey Don't exaggerate small things
Haste makes waste Time is of the essence The ball is in your court
You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants Don't make a mountain out of a molehill Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt Alternative: Liquor on beer, have no fear Beer on liquor, never sicker