Proverbs

The early bird catches the worm.

• Birds are good at catching worms
•  If you wake up and get to work early, you willsucceed
• Getting up early gets you worms for breakfast
• It's better to stay in bed

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A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

• Flies are attracted to honey
• Vinegar doesn't taste good
•  It is easier to get what you want by flattering people and being polite to them than by making demands
• Honey is sweet

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A penny saved is a penny earned.

• A penny is valuable.
• You can earn pennies.
  You can earn pennies.
• A penny isn't worth much.
• Money not spent is money that is in one's pocket.

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Look before you leap.

• Think before you act.
• Look and then jump.
• Jumping is good exercise
• Looking is important

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Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

• Counting the eggs is more important.
• You should not count on something before it happens
• Chickens are hard to count.
• Waiting for the chickens is hard to do.

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Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

• All the eggs don't fit in one basket.
• You need to get a bigger basket.
• Buy smaller eggs.
• Don't put all your prospects into one thing.

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A fool and his money are soon parted.

• A foolish person spends money carelessly and will soon be penniless.
• You have to part your money in two stacks.
• Fools know how to part money.
• It is better to part from your money soon.

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

• Boys named Will know the way
• There's always a way to find Will.
• It's hard to find Will.
• If you are determined enough, you can find a way to do anything.

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Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

• Wealthy men are healthy.
• Wise men are healthy.
• Someone who gets enough sleep and startswork early in the day will have a successful life.
• You need to go to bed.

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Strike while the iron is hot

• Wait for the opportunity.

• Do not do anything at all.

• Be careful.

• Take the advantage of the moment.