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Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl.
If we associate with bad companions we, too, will become bad.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
If you are rich and successful, you will attract many friends, but if you should suffer hardship or have misfortune ( adversity ), your friends will quickly depart.
History tends to repeat itself.
What has happened once is liable to happen again.
Cross the stream where it is shallowest.
Don't make things difficult for yourself; always find the simplest means of achieving your objective.
It is useless to flog a dead horse.
It is no use spending your time and energy on an activity or belief that is already widely rejected or outdated.
Every oak must be an acorn.
Everything has to have a small beginning.
A good name is sooner lost than won.
It takes a long time to build up a good reputation which can be easily destroyed by misconduct.
The best fish swim near the bottom.
The best things are hard to come by.
You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
You cannot change a person's real character.
It never rains but it pours.
Events, especially misfortunes, always come together and not one at a time.
The darkest hour is that before dawn.
Even when things seem at their very worst, they may shortly improve.
A light purse makes a heavy heart.
We cannot be cheerful when we have financial problems.
A nod is as good as a wink.
A hint or suggestion can be accepted and acted upon without further elaboration.
Do not ride the high horse.
Do not be arrogant.
Even Homer sometimes nods.
Even the best of us are liable to make mistakes.
There is no place like home.
Even a simple home is the best place in the world for the people who live in it.
A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.
It is not what a thing is called that matters, but what it is.
A man's home is his castle.
You feel most secure, free and in control in your own home.
A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.
Something bad no matter how small can ruin all your plans, successes etc.
A small leak will sink a great ship.
Small problems are worth the time to fix as they can eventually cause great damage.
A wise man changes his mind sometimes, a fool never.
It is wise to reconsider your plans, ideas, actions in the light of new information rather than to blindly stick to an earlier decision.
An army marches on its stomach.
You need to eat for energy to complete your tasks.
An empty bag will not stand upright.
Quality comes with effort.
Appearances are deceptive.
What looks good may not really be so.