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One I leaned from the rugby club I played for in London " Never let your bollocks dangle in the dust" a crude form of "a stitch in time saves nine" both mean don't procrastinate.
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"The best things in life are free." We don't have to pay for the things that are really valuable, like love, friendship and good health.
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You can't get blood out of a stone. It means you can't take out what isn't there to begin with.
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There's more than one way of skinning a cat! My mother was fond of that one, it meant that there were more ways of getting what you wanted than just the obvious. She had a lot more proverbs at her disposal and in fact, spoke in proverbs rather than any original thoughts of her own. Now she's gone I think of her as if she were a prophetess!
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A stitch in time saves nine meaning carry out a repair job as soon as it is noticed as if left it can cause a much larger repair job
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You may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb, meaning if you are going to do something a bit risky, you may as well go the whole way with no half measures.
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'In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes
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